Local Board Members, Thomas Knyvett College, The Howard Partnership Trust
The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) is seeking committed and community‑minded individuals to join our Local Boards, supporting our schools across the South East.
As a Local Board Member, you will play a vital advisory role—offering support and constructive challenge to school leaders, ensuring our schools continue to deliver a life‑changing education for every child and young person. You will help keep our schools rooted in their communities by engaging with pupils, parents, staff, and local stakeholders.
We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and professional experiences. What matters most is your interest in education, commitment to our values, and willingness to give approximately 5–8 hours per month.
This is a rewarding voluntary role offering the opportunity to make a meaningful difference and contribute to the success and wellbeing of local communities.
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to appropriate checks.
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).