Community Governor

About The Role

Join Us as a School Governor:
Transform Lives and Shape Futures!

Are you ready for a fulfilling role that combines challenge, impact, and community engagement? As a school governor, you’ll play a pivotal part in shaping the educational landscape in your local community.

The Gordon Children's Academy is currently looking to appoint a Community Governor to join our Academy Governing Body.

You don't need to work in education to become a governor. We are particularly interested in hearing from people who are passionate about supporting young people and can bring professional experience, fresh perspectives and a commitment to helping our school continue to thrive.

As a governor, you'll work alongside school leaders and fellow governors to provide strategic challenge and support, helping to ensure every child receives the very best education and opportunities to succeed.

Whether your background is in business, law, HR, finance, SEND, healthcare, communications, project management or another sector, your skills could make a real difference.

This is a voluntary role, but one that is incredibly rewarding and offers the opportunity to give something back to the local community while developing your own leadership and governance experience.

If you'd like to find out more, please get in touch at

The Gordon's Children's Academy is based in the Strood area. Our Junior and Infant school work closely together to ensure that all staff and children work together as one. We are lucky to have a passionate workforce at our school who all care for and respect the fantastic children of our school.

We are dedicated to school improvement and aim to provide a happy, safe and fun school environment for the children and our staff. We have high expectations of behaviour and we recognise that it is our responsibility to listen to the children verbally or by interpreting their behaviour. Pupils of Gordon's Children's Academy are proud of their school and have an exciting environment around them to learn in.

We encourage a creative curriculum and all children enjoy decorating their classroom whilst they focus on a particular topic across the curriculum.

Quoted: “There is a clear expectation for how children behave and conduct themselves. Pupils are always encouraged to be their best selves.”

Ofsted 2022

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools across the South West, South, South East and East of England, consisting of early years, primary, secondary and specialist provision.

We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities in life regardless of their individual circumstances. That’s why we invest in our people, so that our staff are best supported to positively impact our pupils.

If you are interested in working in our school, benefit ting from a supportive network of governors across our Trust we would encourage you to apply.

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

Visits to our schools are encouraged. To arrange a visit please contact Lenna Wells at L

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates. If you have any questions regarding this process, please email