Governor
Dollar Academy
Clackmannanshire
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 12 July 2024
Job overview
The Governors of Dollar Academy Trust are looking to recruit new Governors to join the Board of Governors.
Dollar Academy has been a co-educational day and boarding school since its foundation in 1818. Today, it provides an exceptional all-round education to around 1340 pupils aged 5-18. Our focus is on encouraging the individual talents and ambitions of every young person, in a positive and supportive environment that fosters the development of transferable skills, self-confidence and strong personal values. The Sunday Times has named Dollar Academy as Scottish Independent School of the Year for 2024.
The Academy is a registered charity and the Board of Governors are its trustees. Our Board, which meets in person three times a year, is composed of individuals with the skills and experience to assist the Trust in carrying out its aims and objectives, and who are committed to the successful stewardship of Dollar Academy. The Board exercises a general supervision and oversight of the school and everything connected with it, directs policies for the Academy, oversees its financial affairs and develops strategies to continue the success of the School into the future. We would be particularly interested to hear from you if you have a background in Business/Finance/Entrepreneurship/Digital Technology/ Architecture/ Fundraising/ Law/Buildings/Estate Management. However, this is not an exhaustive list and we would welcome expressions of interest from anyone committed to the education of young people.
All Governor roles are voluntary, but appropriate travel expenses will be paid.
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About Dollar Academy
Dollar Academy was founded in 1818 as the UK’s first co-educational day and boarding school and has been at the heart of Scotland’s educational development for 200 years. The school is the Sunday Times Scottish Independent School of the Year 2018.
Dollar has over 1250 pupils aged 5-18, of whom approximately 75 are boarders. The school’s extensive 70 acre campus is set in a landscape of extraordinary natural beauty at the foot of the Ochil Hills in Central Scotland and is within easy reach of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Edinburgh airport is conveniently situated and can be reached in 45 minutes.
Dollar is distinguished by its excellence in pastoral care, co-curricular provision and classroom teaching.
Enjoyment of learning lies at the heart of this school and the aim is for all pupils to gain satisfaction from a real commitment to study and participation in the great range of sporting, art and cultural activities on offer.
Dollar pupils undertake internationally recognised SQA examination courses and, in a typical year, over 65% of exam results are at Grade A. Although firmly grounded in the values of Scottish education, Dollar takes a deliberately international approach and the diverse boarding community is at the heart of school life.
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