Job Description

Parkstone Grammar School

Poole

Salary:

Voluntary

Job type:

Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

ASAP

Apply by:

1 September 2025

Job overview

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Required as soon as possible, a rare opportunity has arisen to join our Governing Board at this outstanding 11-18 selective girls' school which has an excellent academic reputation.


Following a recent governance restructure, Parkstone Grammar School is now recruiting Trustees to its Trust Board. These are voluntary roles.


Founded in 1905, this single academy trust now requires additional Trustees to join our existing group of enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers who work with the school's leadership to create an inspiring and highly successful learning environment for girls from Poole and its surrounding area. School Trustees promote the vision, ethos and strategic direction of the school, and hold the main responsibility for finance, ensuring that the school's use of resources and money are well-spent. Trustees also appoint the Head Teacher and members of the Leadership Group.


As well as an interest in education and the performance of schools, Trustees will bring legal, educational or business/commercial expertise. A connection to the local community would also be desirable, but not essential. We believe everyone has something to offer and we want people from as many backgrounds and with as wide a range of interests as possible.


In return, you will be part of a highly successful school where a varied curriculum delivered by expert and passionate staff, is underpinned by our renowned pastoral care. It is for these reasons that our results are outstanding and we regularly feature in The Sunday Times's top state schools.

Candidates should apply by school application form only. Full job details may be downloaded from the school website.

Please include why you are interested in the role you are applying for and detail any relevant experience you feel you could bring to the Board.

Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 1st September 2025.

We reserve the right to close this post early should a suitable candidate apply before the deadline date.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The school is also committed to a policy of equal opportunity.

About

Parkstone Grammar School

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Parkstone Grammar School

Sopers Lane, Poole
Dorset
BH17 7EP
United Kingdom

+44 1202 605605

Parkstone Grammar School is a girls' selective school of some 1250 students from 11 - 18, of whom over 350 are in the Sixth Form. Opened in Ashley Cross, Parkstone in 1905, the school moved to its present green-field site in 1961.



The buildings are modern and pleasant, with grounds which extend to almost twenty acres. Since 1961 the school has benefitted from additional buildings and modernisation ensuring the school has excellent, well-equipped facilities.


In September 2015 we opened a new state of the art Sixth Form block housing learning, teaching and social space including cutting edge technology. As part of this development we landscaped a fantastic outside social space and re-modelled a Drama Studio and created additional Music space.



We have a vibrant Language Centre as well as a highly-resourced Music Department, together with numerous Music practice rooms, fully equipped modern Science laboratories and a Drama Studio built to professional standards. Additionally, our wonderful new Art, Maths and Technology block offers bright, modern and well-resourced facilities contributing to our overall first-class teaching and learning environment.



Our LibraryLearning Resource Centre has the latest information retrieval systems and an excellent selection of reference and fiction materials. It also has a dedicated Sixth Form area with its own computer suite which provides a quiet, private study area for our Sixth Form students.



We are very proud of our Lecture Theatre - a state of the art building equipped with an interactive whiteboard, DVD, video and sound system. It also boasts an impressive seating system that can be folded in or out, dependent on individual requirements. This is the ideal venue not just for specific teaching, but also for hosting the many lectures from outside speakers that students at Parkstone enjoy.



We have a well- equipped fitness centre and gymnasium, together with an extraordinary Sports Hall - a wonderful, flexible sporting facility that is enjoyed by both the students and the local community.



Our recently extended dining facility has further enhanced the students' experience at the school providing a comfortable and sociable dining environment. This modern, stylish area also benefits the Sixth Form students as an additional venue to use during personal study periods.

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