Trustee - Volunteer

The Folkestone School for Girls, Folkestone

• Ref:KCC886-5437-231S
• Posted:27/03/2026
• Pay:Voluntary
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:27/04/2026 at 12:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Trustee Vacancy

Required to start ASAP

Voluntary Position – approx. 6 meetings a year

We are a busy, vibrant, and happy school – academically successful but driven to achieve much more. We believe that education must maintain a balance between intellect and character. An outstanding education is not either/or. It is both. We believe that qualifications are what students get; they do not define who they are and will play only a part in shaping the people they become. Our academic curriculum therefore is only a part of what we do.

At the Folkestone School for Girls, students do not complete an excessive amount of qualifications. This allows them not only time to focus efforts on achieving the very best grades within these, but also time to participate in co-curricular activities and interests, both at school and at home. There is time to spend with friends and family and time, too, to just be a child.

A justifiable balance between intellect and character.

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic, reliable and conscientious trustee who will take pride in shaping the future of our school. 

Being a Trustee is a rewarding and effective way of making a voluntary contribution to your local community and to the lives of local young people.

Trustees are appointed by the board of trustees to represent community interests. 

They generally live or work in the community served by the school and have a keen interest in the school’s success.

What are Trustees?

Trustees are strategic leaders in schools that meet approx. 6 times per year.

The Principal is accountable to the board of Trustees, whose role is to set the aims & objectives of the school (together with the Principal) in line with national guidelines and to monitor progress.

Have you got - An interest in our children’s future. Time, energy and enthusiasm. A desire to make a difference. Readiness to accept responsibility. An ability to work as a team.  Are you happy to ask questions, listen and learn?

Then you could have what it takes to join one of the largest volunteer groups in the country, working with others to get the best for our children.

You can find out all about our school and about our unique school vision and ethos via our school website.

If you are interested in becoming a Trustee at The Folkestone School for Girls then please contact Nikki Petrie, Clerk to the Trustees on either Tel: 01303 251125 Ext. 249 or email: npetrie@folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk

The Folkestone School for Girls is committed to the protection and safety of its students.

Applicants should be aware that we use the Disclosure and Barring Service to assess suitability for positions of trust. Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education Legislation. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

Information about the school

The Folkestone School for Girls is driven by the unshakeable belief that exam results are what you get; they do not define who you are and will play only a part in shaping the person you become. Our academic curriculum therefore is only a part of what we do! We want all girls to have the opportunity to explore and excel, to learn and to grow - not only in the classroom but beyond it. Alongside our unique personal development and character education programme, the FSGBacc, our international outlook is also at the heart of what we do and equally vital to our ethos; we want our girls to know that as human beings there is much more that unites us than divides us.

We believe that our curriculum should not just interest and inspire the girls, not just reflect and respond and be relevant to the world we live in but that we need to be much more ambitious; that the curriculum we teach should help to change the world for the better: a curriculum that teaches our girls to value themselves, value each other, value the world we live in and the world around them. A curriculum for values. A curriculum for empathy. A curriculum for wisdom.

A curriculum to change their world. A curriculum to change the world.

Our ambition for our school is to be the best in the world; nothing less. To be world leading and world changing; to know the whole child/every child and have a curriculum which develops the whole child/every child.

Our ambition for our girls is that they leave us after seven years well qualified and well rounded; intellect and character. They will feel ten feet tall, be bold and spectacular. They will have the knowledge, the skills, the drive, the courage, the wisdom, the optimism and the values to change the world for the better.

Intellect & character. This is our curriculum. It’s what we do. It’s who we are. We are extremely proud of it.

Come join us.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Kathryn Whawell
• Address:The Folkestone School For Girls, Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 3RB
• Telephone: 01303 251125
• Email: kwhawell@folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk