Trustee and Education Committee Member The Children's Trust
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Trustee and Education Committee Member The Children's Trust Apply your education expertise to strengthen the Board at The Children's Trust, the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability.
We are currently exploring the strategic place and future of our school, which makes this an ideal time for an education professional to join our Board and help chart a new future for this vital service. With this, we're seeking an exceptional Trustee with education expertise to help guide us through this transformational phase.
About the role We have made a number of key appointments to the Board and senior leadership team in the last 12-18 months, including a new Chair and Chief Executive. With some of our longest serving Trustees approaching the end of their terms, we are looking to make further appointments to our Board and committees to bring fresh, external perspective, challenge and leadership.
We are seeking an individual with education experience to join our Board and strengthen the voice of education expertise as we look to the future of our school and the exciting opportunities it presents. This appointment will help ensure our Board has the specialist knowledge needed to support our 'Outstanding' school and its continued development.
Who we are looking for We are interested in hearing from professionals from the education sector who have had senior-level experience and who have a good understanding of SEND, and school organisations and structures. This could be from a variety of different environments and sectors such as schools, multi academy trusts, special schools, local authority and/or central government or regulation. While experience in special education is important, we are primarily seeking someone with a broad education expertise who understands the wider education system. Experience in commissioning or setting up new special academies or MATs would be particularly valuable. We are looking for someone with an understanding and experience of safeguarding, particularly for children with SEND, alongside their broader education expertise.
We are looking for a Trustee who aligns with our mission and is genuinely excited by our work with children with brain injury and neurodisability. You'll be joining a Board that's been significantly
refreshed over the past two years. We're particularly committed to increasing diversity on our Board and would be especially pleased to hear from candidates with lived experience of brain injury, neurodisability, disability or neurodiversity, those from diverse ethnic backgrounds, lower socio-economic backgrounds, or who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ communities.
Time Commitment
Our board typically meets 6 times a year, including our annual strategy away day, and committees typically meet 4-6 times annually. Outside of the formal meeting schedule, it is likely that additional time will be needed for relationship building and ad hoc discussions with the executive team and fellow board members.
Board meetings take place in person at our Tadworth site in Surrey, and we have a strong preference for in-person attendance to maximise engagement and relationship building, though we maintain some flexibility for online participation in certain circumstances. The Education Committee meets throughout the year, usually in person.
This is an ideal time to join The Children's Trust. We have stable finances, a clear strategic direction, and the opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in childhood brain injury rehabilitation and help chart a new future for our Outstanding school.
If you're looking for a Trustee role where you can make a real difference to some of the most vulnerable children in our society, where your expertise will be valued and utilised, and where you'll be part of a forward-looking organisation with genuine ambition for the future, we'd love to hear from you.
For further information about the role or to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:
If you would like to know more about this role please contact Jennifer Horan
The Children's Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability, transforming lives through innovative rehabilitation, education and community services. For over four decades, we have been pioneering new approaches to help children rebuild their skills, confidence and futures after life-changing injuries.
Our Mission and Impact Every year, 40,000 children across the UK acquire a brain injury and neurodisability through accident or illness. The impact can be devastating - suddenly, they may no longer be able to walk, talk, stand, sit, or feed themselves.
At The Children's Trust, we believe in the extraordinary potential of every child to recover, relearn and thrive.
We help children rebuild not just their physical abilities, but their self-esteem and joy in life. Through our unique approach that combines world-class therapy, healthcare and education with play, music, arts and exploration, children focus on what they can achieve rather than what they've lost. Our philosophy is simple: by making rehabilitation enjoyable and engaging, children don't just recover - they flourish.
Our Services Residential Rehabilitation: Our national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey, provides the UK's largest residential rehabilitation service for children with brain injury and neurodisability. Here, multidisciplinary teams work intensively with children and their families to restore lost skills or develop new ways of achieving independence.
The Children's Trust School: Our pioneering special school welcomes residential and day pupils aged 2-19, offering a unique educational environment where learning is seamlessly integrated with therapy and healthcare. From our early years provision through to preparing young people for adult life, we ensure every child reaches their full potential.
Community Rehabilitation Service: We extend our expertise beyond our Surrey centre through specialist teams that deliver goal-oriented rehabilitation in children's homes and communities across the southeast, with virtual support reaching families nationwide.
Brain Injury Hub: Our comprehensive information service provides free resources, advice and support to families, educators and professionals worldwide, ensuring knowledge and hope reach every corner of the brain injury and neurodisability community.
Recognition and Standards
Recent inspections by the Care Quality Commission and continue to rate our services as 'Good', reflecting our unwavering commitment to excellence. Our school in rated by Ofsted as Outstanding. We are registered with multiple regulatory bodies and maintain the highest standards of clinical care, education and safeguarding.
Our site at Tadworth Court, nestled in the Surrey countryside yet easily accessible from London, provides a therapeutic environment where children can focus on their recovery while maintaining connection to their families and communities.
Our Values: The Five Promises Everything we do is guided by our Five Promises, developed in partnership with the children, young people and families we serve:
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Trustee and Education Committee Member The Children's Trust Apply your education expertise to strengthen the Board at The Children's Trust, the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability.
- Location: Tadworth Court, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 5RU
We are currently exploring the strategic place and future of our school, which makes this an ideal time for an education professional to join our Board and help chart a new future for this vital service. With this, we're seeking an exceptional Trustee with education expertise to help guide us through this transformational phase.
About the role We have made a number of key appointments to the Board and senior leadership team in the last 12-18 months, including a new Chair and Chief Executive. With some of our longest serving Trustees approaching the end of their terms, we are looking to make further appointments to our Board and committees to bring fresh, external perspective, challenge and leadership.
We are seeking an individual with education experience to join our Board and strengthen the voice of education expertise as we look to the future of our school and the exciting opportunities it presents. This appointment will help ensure our Board has the specialist knowledge needed to support our 'Outstanding' school and its continued development.
Who we are looking for We are interested in hearing from professionals from the education sector who have had senior-level experience and who have a good understanding of SEND, and school organisations and structures. This could be from a variety of different environments and sectors such as schools, multi academy trusts, special schools, local authority and/or central government or regulation. While experience in special education is important, we are primarily seeking someone with a broad education expertise who understands the wider education system. Experience in commissioning or setting up new special academies or MATs would be particularly valuable. We are looking for someone with an understanding and experience of safeguarding, particularly for children with SEND, alongside their broader education expertise.
We are looking for a Trustee who aligns with our mission and is genuinely excited by our work with children with brain injury and neurodisability. You'll be joining a Board that's been significantly
refreshed over the past two years. We're particularly committed to increasing diversity on our Board and would be especially pleased to hear from candidates with lived experience of brain injury, neurodisability, disability or neurodiversity, those from diverse ethnic backgrounds, lower socio-economic backgrounds, or who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ communities.
Time Commitment
Our board typically meets 6 times a year, including our annual strategy away day, and committees typically meet 4-6 times annually. Outside of the formal meeting schedule, it is likely that additional time will be needed for relationship building and ad hoc discussions with the executive team and fellow board members.
Board meetings take place in person at our Tadworth site in Surrey, and we have a strong preference for in-person attendance to maximise engagement and relationship building, though we maintain some flexibility for online participation in certain circumstances. The Education Committee meets throughout the year, usually in person.
This is an ideal time to join The Children's Trust. We have stable finances, a clear strategic direction, and the opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in childhood brain injury rehabilitation and help chart a new future for our Outstanding school.
If you're looking for a Trustee role where you can make a real difference to some of the most vulnerable children in our society, where your expertise will be valued and utilised, and where you'll be part of a forward-looking organisation with genuine ambition for the future, we'd love to hear from you.
For further information about the role or to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultant at Peridot Partners:
If you would like to know more about this role please contact Jennifer Horan
The Children's Trust is the UK's leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability, transforming lives through innovative rehabilitation, education and community services. For over four decades, we have been pioneering new approaches to help children rebuild their skills, confidence and futures after life-changing injuries.
Our Mission and Impact Every year, 40,000 children across the UK acquire a brain injury and neurodisability through accident or illness. The impact can be devastating - suddenly, they may no longer be able to walk, talk, stand, sit, or feed themselves.
At The Children's Trust, we believe in the extraordinary potential of every child to recover, relearn and thrive.
We help children rebuild not just their physical abilities, but their self-esteem and joy in life. Through our unique approach that combines world-class therapy, healthcare and education with play, music, arts and exploration, children focus on what they can achieve rather than what they've lost. Our philosophy is simple: by making rehabilitation enjoyable and engaging, children don't just recover - they flourish.
Our Services Residential Rehabilitation: Our national specialist centre in Tadworth, Surrey, provides the UK's largest residential rehabilitation service for children with brain injury and neurodisability. Here, multidisciplinary teams work intensively with children and their families to restore lost skills or develop new ways of achieving independence.
The Children's Trust School: Our pioneering special school welcomes residential and day pupils aged 2-19, offering a unique educational environment where learning is seamlessly integrated with therapy and healthcare. From our early years provision through to preparing young people for adult life, we ensure every child reaches their full potential.
Community Rehabilitation Service: We extend our expertise beyond our Surrey centre through specialist teams that deliver goal-oriented rehabilitation in children's homes and communities across the southeast, with virtual support reaching families nationwide.
Brain Injury Hub: Our comprehensive information service provides free resources, advice and support to families, educators and professionals worldwide, ensuring knowledge and hope reach every corner of the brain injury and neurodisability community.
Recognition and Standards
Recent inspections by the Care Quality Commission and continue to rate our services as 'Good', reflecting our unwavering commitment to excellence. Our school in rated by Ofsted as Outstanding. We are registered with multiple regulatory bodies and maintain the highest standards of clinical care, education and safeguarding.
Our site at Tadworth Court, nestled in the Surrey countryside yet easily accessible from London, provides a therapeutic environment where children can focus on their recovery while maintaining connection to their families and communities.
Our Values: The Five Promises Everything we do is guided by our Five Promises, developed in partnership with the children, young people and families we serve:
- Child first: The child is at the heart of everything we do
- Aim high: We believe in potential and strive for excellence
- Own it: We take responsibility and are accountable
- Be open: We are honest, transparent and inclusive
- Care deeply: We act with compassion and empathy
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To formally apply, please submit a CV and supporting statement (ideally maximum 2 sides of A4 each) that clearly outlines your suitability for the role against the criteria provided in the person specification . click apply for full job details