Clerk to the Board of Governors

About the job

Key information

Salary Scale: Grade 13 pt. 6-11 Actual salary £4,103-£4,443

7 hours per week / 38 weeks per year (266 hours across the year)

Starting: September 2026

What will I be doing?

We are seeking a passionate, energetic and ambitious individual to become the Clerk to the Board of Governors here at Wadham School. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our school where staff morale is high and classrooms are quiet and purposeful places where learning takes place (Ofsted 2025).

Wadham is a close-knit community secondary school of 760 students with an amazing team of staff that support each other in helping our students become the successful and confident global citizens they deserve to be. As the last local authority maintained secondary school in Somerset, this is your chance to come and be part of something unique.

The board, through its appointed and elected governors, plays a distinctive and essential role in the continuing success and development of the school.

The role of the clerk is to work with the Chair, other governors and headteacher in dealing with administrative matters for the board and advising on procedural issues of governance and the board’s statutory duties. Central to the role is preparing for, taking notes at and producing minutes for meetings.

The post involves evening work and the successful candidate should also be available at times during the day. Integrity and maintaining confidentiality along with good keyboard skills and the ability to write agendas and produce accurate concise minutes are essential.

New clerks receive advice, support and training from the SSE Education Governance Team and all clerks are encouraged to attend half termly briefings to update themselves on the latest developments in governance.

The post will initially involve approximately 10 hours work for each meeting and, typically, there will be 1-2 meetings each month. The clerk will be asked to take on additional work according to need. This will include arranging meetings in respect of pupil suspension/exclusion considerations, staff dismissal and appeals, staff grievance and appeals. In addition, complaints panels require clerking

DBS check

Wadham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks and information on the public domain on social media platforms.

Supporting documents and information

For job description/person specification and an application form please visit our website

Please Note: we do not accept applications by CV

Visits to the school or an informal talk with the Headteacher are warmly encouraged.

For all enquires please contact recruitment@wadhamschool.co.uk or telephone 01460 270138

Apply on the Wadham School website