Trustee/Director

SGOSS - Governors for Schools; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi-academy trust in the United Kingdom is seeking committed individuals to serve as trustees/directors. The role involves ensuring strategic direction, holding leaders accountable for educational performance, and overseeing financial performance. By volunteering, you'll shape young people's futures and enhance community education. This position not only allows you to make a tangible impact but also provides valuable experience in strategic decision-making and supports your career development.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior-level decision-making.
• Understanding of educational performance and financial oversight.

Responsibilities

• Ensure clarity of vision and strategic direction.
• Hold executive leaders accountable for educational performance.
• Oversee financial performance to improve outcomes.

Job description

The Children’s Endeavour Trust is a Suffolk based trust of eight primary schools across Ipswich, Stowmarket and Needham Market. The Trust began as two schools six years ago and now comprises eight schools who share aspirations and all chose to join.

Each of the eight schools has a unique and distinctive character, but as part of a Trust share a key aim. They are united by an endeavour to harness the professional strengths within the schools to provide sustainable improvement in the standards and effectiveness of teaching and learning for all children.

The trust knows that children have one chance at education and that together, as a group, we can be more than the sum of our parts. Their four key values of inclusion, ambition, integrity and community drive everything they do. The Children’s Endeavour Trust is committed to the pupils within its care, but also works with other schools and professionals from outside the Trust in partnership to share good practice and tap into expertise.

The Children’s Endeavour Trust was formed and developed to ensure the schools work together in a meaningful, purposeful and effective way for the benefit of the communities they serve.

Skills

• HR
• Type of establishment:Multi-academy trust

What does the role include?

As a trustee/director your key responsibilities are to ensure clarity of vision, ethos, and strategic direction; to hold executive leaders to account – both for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and to oversee the organisation’s financial performance to ensure its funds are directed to the best possible educational outcomes for young people. By volunteering as a trustee/director you will be responsible for contributing to the strategic decision‑making of the board, helping the trust to realise immediate and long‑term goals, and ultimately ensuring transparency, accountability, and challenge.

What are the benefits?

Volunteering on an academy trust board is a meaningful way to shape young people’s futures and strengthen education in your community. Trustees play a vital role in setting strategic direction and holding executive leaders to account — ensuring schools deliver the best outcomes. Alongside making a tangible impact, you’ll gain valuable experience in senior‑level decision‑making. This is a great opportunity to support your career development, build a non‑executive portfolio, and give back to education.

Further information:

You can also find out more public information about the Trust on the Get Information About Schools Page https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search?SelectedTab=Groups. THE CHILDREN'S ENDEAVOUR TRUST reference number is 17161. The following webpage also provides useful information and reading to any potential trustee: https://governorsforschools.org.uk/trs/resources-for-academy-trustees/. If you have any questions before applying, please contact our Trustee Recruitment Team on [e-mail]