Governance
“The Corporation’s Governors work hard to fulfil Wilberforce College’s mission to raise aspirations and serve the educational needs of our community.
We provide the strategic direction for the College, and we consider all aspects of our students’ education – from their achievement to their well-being. We work with the College and its community to enable all our students to fulfil their potential.
We are all volunteers and do the job because we care. We are open and honest in conducting our business, and I am proud to be a governor and Chair of the Corporation.”
Pat Mould, Chair of the Corporation
Our GOVERNORS
At Wilberforce Sixth Form College we have an active board of governors who play an integral role in the continuing development of the College. The Governing body, together with the Principal, constitutes the highest level of decision-making in the College, having overall responsibility for the strategic direction and financial health of the institution.
Our governors have a critical role in:
- Ensuring the financial well-being of the College and monitoring the effective and efficient use of resources and the quality of its services
- Assuring that the College’s educational character meets the needs of the community which the College serves
- Ensuring that the College mission and vision both reflects the needs of the community it serves and informs and directs every aspect of the College’s activities
- Monitoring the ethos of the College
Our board of Governors is well balanced in terms of skills and experience, with members having backgrounds in industry, education and the local authority. The common characteristic of the governing body is a passionate commitment to service the community within which the College is located. As such, the Governors set high expectations for the College and its students, and are leading the College to realise its ambition of being judged as outstanding by Ofsted.
ENQUIRIES
We welcome enquiries about governance at Wilberforce and are happy to share the minutes and papers of our governors’ meetings with the public. All non-confidential agendas, reports, minutes considered at the meetings of the Corporation, the Register of Interests of Members of the Corporation and the College’s Financial Regulations and Procedures are held by the Clerk and may be inspected by mutual arrangement.
Any enquiries relating to the work of the Corporation or Corporation membership should be directed to the Clerk of the Corporation:
Laura Skarratt
Clerk to the Corporation,
Wilberforce College,
Saltshouse Road,
Kingston upon Hull,
HU8 9HD
Email: Laura.Skarratt@wilberforce.ac.uk
Tel: 01482 711688
Chair of the Corporation:
Pat Mould
Email: gvpm@wilberforce.ac.uk
VACANCIES
The Governors welcome applications from interested persons to join the Corporation or serve as a Co-opted Committee member.
We value and promote equality and diversity and as such, appointments are made on merit taking account of the need to fill any identified skills gaps.
We currently have two vacancies:
1 x Parent Governor
1 x Independent Governor
Independent Governor
- Job Description & Person Specification for Governors
- Independent Governors Advert
- Independent Governor Application Form
Parent Governor
The key governance documents can be viewed by clicking the links below:
- Public Benefit Statement 2021
- Governor Handbook 2021
- Governor Profiles
- Corporation Committee Structure 2021-22
- Code of Conduct 2020-2021
- Standing Orders 2020-21
- Instrument & Articles of Government 2020-21
- Search Committee Procedures
- Six Core Principles of Good Governance
- The Seven Principles of Public Life
- Annual Report & Financial Statements (Year ended 31 July 2018)
- Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2019
- Annual Report and Financial Statements (year ended July 2020)
Application Forms and Role Information
Meeting Minutes
Some of the business of the Corporation is confidential, and as such is not available for public inspection.
Minutes that are not considered to be confidential are available for public scrutiny. Any member of the public who wishes to see the register of interests, meeting agendas or any minutes not already on the website should contact the Clerk to the Corporation.
Under section 16 of the Instrument of Government, it is for the Corporation to decide whether any person who is not a member of the Corporation, the Principal or the Clerk to the Corporation, may attend a meeting of the Corporation, with consideration of Instrument of Government section 17(2). Members of the public who wish to attend a meeting of the Corporation should contact the Clerk to the Corporation giving seven days notice.
Corporation Minutes
- Corporation: 24 Mar 21
- Corporation: 2 Dec 20
- Corporation: 1 July 20
- Corporation (remote): Mar 20
- Corporation: 4 Dec 19
- Corporation: 3 July 19
- Corporation: 27 March 19
- Corporation: 5 Dec 18
Finance and General Purposes Minutes
- Finance & General Purposes:10 Mar 21
- Finance & General Purposes: 18 Nov 20
- Finance & General Purposes: 9 Sep 20
- Finance & General Purposes: Jun 20
- Finance & General Purposes: March 20
- Finance & General Purposes: Nov 19
- Finance & General Purposes: Sept 19
- Finance & General Purposes: July 19
- Finance & General Purposes: March 19
Audit Minutes
- Audit Committee: 24 Feb 21
- Audit Committee: 18 Nov 20
- Audit Committee: 10 Jun 20
- Audit Committee: Feb 20
- Audit Committee: Nov 19
- Audit Committee: June 19