What's my role?
As always, you need to stay within the scope of your strategic role. You'll work with your headteacher and senior leadership team (SLT) to:
- Develop your school's marketing strategy
- Monitor and ask questions around the marketing budget, making sure it's used for maximum impact and return on investment
- Ask questions about the impact of the strategy
You won't implement the actions in the strategy yourself.
For example, you might decide with senior leaders that your school facilities are attractive to prospective parents/carers. Taking updated photos of the school would be a way for them to see these facilities. While you've helped to identify a unique selling point of your school, you won't take the photos yourself or book a photographer, as that's operational.
Some schools have a specific link governor for marketing. This works especially well if your board has co-opted governors