Chair of Governors Vacancy at Little Chalfont Primary School

Dear Chairs of Governors

This message has been sent by Sarah Geary at Little Chalfont Primary School, can you help?

Thus far the Head has contacted NGA and all Governors have tried to recruit from our own networks as well as local businesses. Whilst we have been successful in finding people who would like to become a governor, we are struggling to find someone with experience who could take the role of Chair.

In truth, we are a fairly inexperienced board, with the other Co-Chair being the ‘oldest’ member of the board at 3 years. We are also fairly heavily loaded with parents on the board and really need to look outside of the school community for balance.

Myself and the other Co-Chair are actually both Co-Vice Chairs and have stepped into this role as no Chair could be found. It has been quite a baptism of fire! We certainly find it challenging with us both working full time and having small children and we feel that there must be someone who would be in a much better position to lead the board! We would still be very supportive and happy to lead on the committees we currently do in order to alleviate added pressure on a new Chair.

Any support you are able to give would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Sarah Geary
sgeary@littlechalfontprimaryschool.co.uk