Our Governors and Governance
The Governance of the RNN Group is really important to our mission and the contribution we make.
Our Board includes members with work and professional interests in business, the public, educational, community and third sectors. Our governors have a strong and diverse skillset covering the fields of educational quality, teaching, financial, human resources, marketing and others. Collectively they oversee and direct the overall performance and direction of the Group.
We have both student and staff governors, who will contribute the views of these important groups to the Board.
Chair of Governors Role
We are seeking a strategic leader with a strong vision and a passion for educationand community development to serve as our Chair of Governors.
How to apply for the role of Chair of Governors
Chair of Governors
A voluntary, unremunerated role.
RNN Group is committed to prioritising powerful teaching and learning, knowledge and skills development. We aim to improve and develop the student experience,ensuring we are seen as exceptional by students across the organisation. Proudlyserving our local communities, we work within sustained and strong partnerships tofocus on the needs of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) and East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) regions and communities.
We are seeking a strategic leader with a strong vision and a passion for education and community development to serve as our Chair of Governors. The Chair will lead the Governing Body, ensuring the highest standards of governance, and will work collaboratively to shape the future direction of the Group. This role demands acommitment to upholding the Group’s ethos, enhancing its educational provision,and fostering strong relationships within the community.
We have appointed FE Associates to support us to find our new Chair of Governors. Prior to submitting your CV and supporting statement, interested parties are advisedto arrange an initial conversation with our FE Associates lead consultant, by emailing Suzanne.Thurlow@fea.co.uk, to discuss the role before the closing date.
More information is available: https://www.fea.co.uk/rnn-chair/
Closing date for applications
The closing date for application is 9am on Thursday 6th February 2025.
Interviews are to be held on Tuesday 4th March 2025.
It is with deep sadness that our fellow governor and Chair Jenny Worsdale has passed away. Jenny had dedicated 30 years to post 16 education and improving the lives of young people. She was passionate about the importance of FE in bringing opportunities, joy and aspiration to everyone, especially the disadvantaged and had spent her whole career working in deprived areas; in her words she had never worked anywhere leafy.
She understood the barriers by many learners, socio-economic factors, low aspirations and lack of engagement with pre-16 education and recognised the opportunities available locally and regionally for people to be supported to overcome barriers and grow in confidence. After four years of being a dedicated and valuable governor on the Board, earlier this year Jenny demonstrated through a rigorous appointment process that she was the right person to Chair the Board going forward and she was delighted to take up the role.
Her leadership style was inclusive and collaborative and she highly valued the views and ideas of the Board, the Executive and the Senior Leadership Team. Her passionate support, challenge and attention to detail has supported the significant improvements in the quality of education and apprenticeship provision across the Group. She worked hard on the planning of the Board’s October Strategy Day to start the journey to a new strategic plan for our students, staff and communities. In her interview she talked passionately about education and how it is pivotal in transforming lives telling the panel Education is the most powerful thing out there; it opens up the world.
