School governors have three main roles:

• Governors ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction. The governing body helps to set long-term plans for the school, decide where improvements need to be made and how to make them.
• Governors hold the headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and the effective and efficient performance management of staff. The governing body looks at the quality of education being offered and ensures the head is doing everything possible to improve results.
• Governors oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent. Governors examine budgets and spending proposals to monitor whether the school is getting value for money and ensure the money is spent in the right areas.

This role may be particularly of interest if you have skills in Finance, HR, Data or Education, but we invite applications from anyone who is interested in helping the school be the best it can be. To be eligible for the Parent Governor role, you must be the parent of a child of the school or be caring for/have cared for a child at the school. You cannot be an elected member of the local authority.

Meetings are held in school, usually after school, and governors also spend time in school during the day to monitor school priorities.

You must be 18 or over to apply, and all governors must have Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. If you would like to find out more, please email enquiries@belmont.lincs.sch.uk for more information.

Please also see our Governor page for further details of our current governing body.