Clerk to Governors - Salway Ash Primary School

Salway Ash CE VC Primary School are seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to be the Clerk to Governors.

The successful candidate will play a vital role supporting the governors with the guidance they need. This will involve working closely with the Headteacher and the Chair to ensure the smooth and effective running of the Governing Body.

They must have excellent administrative, organisational, ICT and literacy skills and be experienced in working under their own initiative. They will oversee the organisation of meetings, record accurate minutes and advise on changes in legislation and policy. Maintaining confidentiality is essential.

The clerk is responsible for covering an average of 9 Full Governing Body meetings per year.

Meetings take place in the afternoons or early evenings, in person and virtually via Team viewer. Administrative duties such as typing up minutes may be carried out more flexibly at home.

Actual Salary £1,448 - £1,471 per annum (Grade 5, SCP 5-6 £25,583 - £25,989 FTE).

This job is a permanent position, Term Time Only for 2hrs30 per week and 38 weeks per year.

Experience in a similar post would be advantageous, but training can be given and support is provided by Dorset Governor Services and Via National Governance Association (NGA)

Please apply via the Dorset for you website. CV's are not accepted.

Closing date is Monday 13th April 2026

Please do call us on 01308 488302 or email [email protected] if you have any questions or require further clarification.

Salway Ash Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.