Template role descriptions
We created these templates with Governors for Schools, a free governor recruitment service.
The templates include space for your board's contact details, so you can use them for recruitment. Find out more about how to recruit maintained school governors and how to recruit trustees and local governors.
Examples from schools/trusts
Academy trustees Ethos Academy Trust, a trust of 6 alternative provision academies in Yorkshire, has descriptions for trustee, member and local governor roles Exceed Academies Trust, a trust of 13 academies in Yorkshire. The document 'Roles and Responsibilities of Academy Members, Trustees and LAB' has descriptions for each of these roles. Find it under