Clerk to Local Governing Body

Hoople; Lugwardine; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary education institution in Lugwardine is seeking a proactive governance professional. Responsibilities include providing clerical and secretarial support to the Local Governing Board, maintaining accurate documentation, and setting up virtual meetings. The ideal candidate excels in communication, organisation, and IT skills, particularly in Microsoft 365. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding children and will undergo necessary background checks.

Qualifications

• Excellent, accurate, and concise writing skills required.
• Must be able to prioritise workload effectively.
• Experience with governance documentation and record-keeping is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clerical and secretarial support to the Local Governing Board.
• Manage information retrieval and dissemination for governing body data.
• Assist in setting up virtual meetings via MS Teams.

Skills

Good general communication skills

Excellent writing skills

Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365

Good organisational skills

Confidentiality and sensitivity

Setting up virtual meetings via MS Teams

Ability to speak with confidence

Job description

Job details

Start date : 1st February 2026 or as soon as possible

Lugwardine Primary Academy is part of the Three Counties Academy Trust (TCAT) which includes Queen Elizabeth High School and four local primary schools.

Lugwardine Primary Academy serves a catchment based around the villages of Bartestree and Lugwardine. Located within Bartestree, the school is on a housing estate with easy access to fields and farmland. We are a fully inclusive school with happy and enthusiastic children, highly motivated staff and a supportive Governing Body.

Lugwardine Primary Academy is looking to appoint an organised and proactive governance professional to provide a range of high-quality clerical, secretarial and administrative support to the Local Governing Board.

Please note that termly governance meetings are scheduled outside of school / office working hours to accommodate our governance volunteers. The specific arrangements regarding working hours will be discussed and agreed with the successful applicant.

The successful candidate(s) will have :

• Good general communication skills
• Excellent, accurate, and concise writing skills
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365
• Good organisational skills – able to prioritise workload
• Excellent record keeping, information retrieval and dissemination of governing body data / documentation
• Tact, diplomacy, confidentiality and sensitivity
• Ability to use appropriate IT equipment as required by the governing body
• Experience of setting up virtual meetings via MS Teams
• An ability to speak with confidence and accuracy, using accurate sentence structures and vocabulary.

Three Counties Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.