Bramcote College is looking to appoint a new chair of governors to lead its governing body from September 2025.
The chair of governors is one of the most important leadership roles in education. The chair is responsible for ensuring the governing body functions effectively and remains focussed on its three core functions:
The chair works closely with the headteacher to advise, support, and shape the school’s strategy. The successful chair must promote a culture of openness and debate and is responsible for enabling effective communication and collaboration between the board and the school’s executive leaders.
The vacancy is open to everyone. We are looking for a strong commitment to improving outcomes for pupils, the ability to chair meetings well and get the best out of a team, a good understanding of the local community, and the ability to think strategically with a high level of integrity.
Although experience of being a school governor is helpful, there are other professional and voluntary roles which require similar skills and attributes that could be applied in the role of chair of governors. Training and support will be provided.
Serving as a chair of governors is challenging but immensely rewarding. Your efforts will contribute to the success and wellbeing of students and the wider community. It also presents a significant opportunity for personal and professional development. You will learn to lead with confidence, build consensus, and inspire others to achieve common goals. Chairs must analyse complex information, consider diverse viewpoints and make informed decisions that benefit the school. It provides an excellent opportunity to develop financial acumen by offering experience in financial oversight and budget management. You will also play a key role in holding senior leaders to account, strategic planning, HR and performance management.
You will be expected to:
You may be required to:
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Susanna Atassi Wagner, Trust Governance Manager, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Bramcote College is a member of The White Hills Park Trust, and complies with the School Admissions Code and the School Admissions Appeals Code. All applications to join Bramcote College in years 7 to 11 should be made through Nottinghamshire County Council, and applications to join our Sixth Form should be made online via our dedicated Sixth Form website.
The information below relates to admissions for the academic year 2025-2026.
Special consideration may be given to applications that are supported by written evidence from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional giving reasons why the school is the only school which could cater for the child’s particular needs. This might include medical needs, mobility support needs, special educational needs or other social circumstances. The evidence must be presented at the time of application. The Governors will consider the written evidence provided to decide whether the application may be processed as special circumstances. Admission under special circumstances will have priority over all but the first numbered criterion.
The White Hills Park Trust have adopted Nottinghamshire’s Fair Access Protocols. Local Authorities are required to have Fair Access Protocols in order to make sure that unplaced children who live in the home local authority, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. This includes admitting children above the published admissions number to schools that are already full.
Standard admission Criteria for Year 7
Applications must be made through your home local authority. For Nottinghamshire residents, this can be found on the Nottinghamshire County Council website, nottinghamshire.gov.uk/learning/schools/admissions and applications should be completed by the closing date for applications as stated in the Nottinghamshire Coordinated scheme.
In the event of oversubscription, the following criteria will be applied, in priority order, to decide which applications will be granted once places have been allocated to pupils who have a statement of special educational needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school, provided that the school can meet their needs:
1. Looked after children and those children who have been previously looked after, including those who ceased to be looked after through adoption or special guardianship order. This includes children adopted from state care outside England.
2. Children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school.
3. Other children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications.
4. Children who live outside the catchment area but who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the preferred secondary school.
5. Children who live outside the catchment area and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the preferred secondary school.
6. Children who live outside the catchment area but who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications preceding admission to secondary school.
7. Other children.
In the event of oversubscription, within any criterion, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the main administrative point at the school campus to an address point (using eastings and northings as defined by Ordnance Survey) to the child’s home using the local authority’s computerised distance measuring software.
The School Admissions Code 2021 states that all admission authorities must give the highest priority to LAC and PLAC. It states:
"All schools must have oversubscription criteria for each ‘relevant age group’ and the highest priority must be given, unless otherwise provided in this Code, to looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). All references to previously looked after children in this Code mean such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted."
[1] A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school.
[2] This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002
[3].See Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 which defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).
[4] A child is regarded as having been in state care outside of England if they were in the care of or were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation, or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society.
The child’s place of residence is taken to be the parental home, other than in the case of children fostered by a local authority, where either the parental address or the foster parent address may be used. Where a child spends part of the week in different homes, their place of residence will be taken to be their parent or parents’ address. If a child’s parents live at separate addresses, the address where the child permanently spends at least three ‘school’ nights (i.e. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday) will be taken to be the place of residence. Addresses of other relatives or friends will not be considered as the place of residence, even if the child stays there for all or part of the week. Evidence that a child’s place of residence is permanent may also be sought and this should prove that a child lived at the address at the time of the application.
Informal arrangements between parents will not be taken into consideration. The Governors may also seek proof of residence from the courts regarding parental responsibilities in this matter.
For families of service personnel with a confirmed posting to the area or crown servants returning from overseas to live in the area, the Governors will allocate a place in advance of a family moving to the area (providing one is available) so long as the application is accompanied by an official letter and relocation date. The Governors will not refuse to allocate a place due to a lack of intended address for such children and will use an intended address or a unit or quartering address as the home address when applying oversubscription criteria for such children, where requested by parents.
In the event of two distances being equal, lots will be drawn and independently verified.
In all cases all those with parental responsibility must be in agreement with the preferences made.
How do I appeal?
The appeals process for Bramcote College is run by Nottinghamshire County Council. Please contact them at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/education/school-admissions/appeal-a-school-admission-decision.
Waiting lists are held where the number of applications received is greater than the number of available places in the intake year group. The order of places on a waiting list is decided by the admission oversubscription criteria for the school. No reference will be made to the date we receive your application or whether you have chosen to appeal. Your position on a waiting list may change if any late applications are received which have a higher priority within the admission oversubscription criteria. These applications will be placed higher than those who have been on the list for some time, this is in line with the coordinated scheme. If your child is offered a place at a higher preferred school, their name will be removed from any waiting lists for lower preferences. The waiting list will be maintained for the remainder of the current academic year.
The White Hills Park Trust will notify the LA when to write to offer a place to the applicant at the top of the waiting list if the number of allocated places falls below the published admission number for the school. Children’s names will only be added to a school’s waiting list if they are refused a place.
Late applications received from the closing date up to the date specified within Nottinghamshire’s coordinated arrangements will be dealt with in accordance with the scheme. They will be considered as on time if the applicant can provide evidence that there were exceptional reasons for missing the closing date, for example family bereavement, hospitalisation or family trauma. Applications received after that date will be considered as late and processed after the national offer date.
The White Hills Park Trust participates in Nottinghamshire County Council's in-year coordinated scheme.
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their age group. For both primary to secondary transfer and in year admissions parents should submit a request in writing to their Home Local Authority’s school admissions team as early as possible. In all cases decisions will take into account the age group the child has been educated in up to that point and will be made on the basis of the individual circumstances and in the child’s best interests.
Parents
The person making the application must hold parental responsibility.
Siblings (brothers or sisters)
The catchment area for Bramcote College is shown in the shaded area north of the A52 in the map below:
Where one child of a multiple birth can be admitted, the other child/children will also be admitted.
The Trust works with the LA for in year applications. Applications should be made through Nottinghamshire County Council.
The PAN for Bramcote College is 150 for Year 7 intake 2025.
General entry requirements
There are no general entry requirements to join Bramcote College Sixth Form. However, for study at Level 3 (A level and its equivalents), at least a minimum of 5 GCSEs of grade 5 or above is required, usually including English and Maths.
Additional entry requirements
Some subjects have additional entry requirements.
Up to 60 places are offered to students who would be joining the Trust in Year 12. In the event of over-subscription, the following criteria for admission into Year 12 will apply:
In the event of oversubscription, within any criterion, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the entrance to the child’s home to the principal entrance of the main administrative building of the school, using the County Council’s distance measuring software.
The appeal system and waiting list will also apply.
Bramcote College is able to accommodate 200 post 16 students.
At Bramcote College, we know that good mental health and well-being is a key priority for both students and staff alike, as underpinned by the ‘be well’ element of our school motto. Bramcote College is passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and we understand how important. We believe in teamwork; working with each other, with teachers and colleagues across the school, with the wider school community and most importantly with the young people in our school. We act with determination.
Whatever issues our students, their families, the school, our team or the community face, we always support, react and pull together. Finally, we are committed to making a difference; we are not passive players in young people’s lives but active participants who can and do make a real difference. These are a reflection of the school’s curriculum intent statement and core values, in particular ‘Work Hard’, ‘Be Well’ and ‘Do Well’.
Our moral purpose can therefore be summarised below -
Mental Health Definition
“Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”
World Health Organisation, 2018
What supporting Positive Mental Health means to us:
How we ensure best practice:
We also recognise the importance of regularly signpost students and parents to other agencies as required; please see links below:
CAMHS/MHST Self-Referral
Parents and young people are able to make a referral without the need for it to be done through school.
CAMHS Self-referral (nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk)
BeUNotts
Be U Notts is a free, accessible and convenient mental health and emotional wellbeing support service for people between 0-25 years of age and their parent and carers.
Be U Support | Free Mental Health Service for Children and Young People
Childline
Childline is a counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th birthday in the United Kingdom provided by the NSPCC. Childline deals with any issues which cause distress or concern.
Kooth
Kooth is an anonymous site which helps children and young people to feel safe and confident in exploring their concerns and seeking professional support.
Nottalone
NottAlone is a dedicated website providing information and support for young people’s mental health across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County.
Shout
Shout is a free, confidential, 24/7 text support service for anyone in the UK who is struggling to cope. To start a conversation, text the word 'SHOUT' to 85258.
Youngminds
YoungMinds is a national charity which works to promote the mental health of children. Through our confidential Parents Information Service, we offer help over the telephone to parents who are worried about the emotional well-being of a child.
Calmharm
Calm Harm is intended to help adolescents regulate their emotions and work through overwhelming feelings without harming themselves.
Beat
Beat provides Helplines for people of all ages, offering support and information about eating disorders no matter where you are in your journey. These Helplines are free to call from all phones.
Bramcote College is a member of The White Hills Park Trust, and complies with the School Admissions Code and the School Admissions Appeals Code. All applications to join Bramcote College in years 7 to 11 should be made through Nottinghamshire County Council, and applications to join our Sixth Form should be made online via our dedicated Sixth Form website.
The information below relates to admissions for the academic year 2026-2027.
Special consideration may be given to applications that are supported by written evidence from a doctor, social worker or other relevant professional giving reasons why the school is the only school which could cater for the child’s particular needs. This might include medical needs, mobility support needs, special educational needs or other social circumstances. The evidence must be presented at the time of application. The Governors will consider the written evidence provided to decide whether the application may be processed as special circumstances. Admission under special circumstances will have priority over all but the first numbered criterion.
The White Hills Park Trust have adopted Nottinghamshire’s Fair Access Protocols. Local Authorities are required to have Fair Access Protocols in order to make sure that unplaced children who live in the home local authority, especially the most vulnerable, are offered a place at a suitable school as quickly as possible. This includes admitting children above the published admissions number to schools that are already full.
Standard admission Criteria for Year 7
Applications must be made through your home local authority. For Nottinghamshire residents, this can be found on the Nottinghamshire County Council website, Nottinghamshire Admissions Hub and applications should be completed by the closing date for applications as stated in the Nottinghamshire Coordinated scheme.
In the event of oversubscription, the following criteria will be applied, in priority order, to decide which applications will be granted once places have been allocated to pupils who have a statement of special educational needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan which names the school, provided that the school can meet their needs:
1. Looked after children1 and those children who have been previously looked after, including those who ceased to be looked after through adoption2 or special guardianship order3. This includes children adopted from state care outside England4.
2. Children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the school.
3. Other children who live in the catchment area at the closing date for applications.
4. Children who live outside the catchment area but who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the preferred secondary school.
5. Children who live outside the catchment area and who, at the time of admission, will have a brother or sister attending the preferred secondary school.
6. Children who live outside the catchment area who are attending a linked primary phase school on the closing date for applications preceding admission to secondary school.
7. Other children.
In the event of oversubscription, within any criterion, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the main administrative point at the school campus to an address point (using eastings and northings as defined by Ordnance Survey) to the child’s home using the local authority’s computerised distance measuring software.
The School Admissions Code 2021 states that all admission authorities must give the highest priority to LAC and PLAC. It states:
"All schools must have oversubscription criteria for each ‘relevant age group’ and the highest priority must be given, unless otherwise provided in this Code, to looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or special guardianship order). All references to previously looked after children in this Code mean such children who were adopted (or subject to child arrangements orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after and those children who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted."
[1] A 'looked after child' is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989) at the time of making an application to a school.
[2] This includes children who were adopted under the Adoption Act 1976 and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002
[3].See Section 14A of the Children Act 1989 which defines a ‘special guardianship order’ as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian (or special guardians).
[4] A child is regarded as having been in state care outside of England if they were in the care of or were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation, or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society.
The child’s place of residence is taken to be the parental home, other than in the case of children fostered by a local authority, where either the parental address or the foster parent address may be used. Where a child spends part of the week in different homes, their place of residence will be taken to be their parent or parents’ address. If a child’s parents live at separate addresses, the address where the child permanently spends at least three ‘school’ nights (i.e. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday) will be taken to be the place of residence. Addresses of other relatives or friends will not be considered as the place of residence, even if the child stays there for all or part of the week. Evidence that a child’s place of residence is permanent may also be sought and this should prove that a child lived at the address at the time of the application.
Informal arrangements between parents will not be taken into consideration. The Governors may also seek proof of residence from the courts regarding parental responsibilities in this matter.
For families of service personnel with a confirmed posting to the area or crown servants returning from overseas to live in the area, the Governors will allocate a place in advance of a family moving to the area (providing one is available) so long as the application is accompanied by an official letter and relocation date. The Governors will not refuse to allocate a place due to a lack of intended address for such children and will use an intended address or a unit or quartering address as the home address when applying oversubscription criteria for such children, where requested by parents.
In the event of two distances being equal, lots will be drawn and independently verified.
In all cases all those with parental responsibility must be in agreement with the preferences made.
How do I appeal?
The appeals process for Bramcote College is run by Nottinghamshire County Council. Please contact them at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/education/school-admissions/appeal-a-school-admission-decision.
Waiting lists are held where the number of applications received is greater than the number of available places in the intake year group. The order of places on a waiting list is decided by the admission oversubscription criteria for the school. No reference will be made to the date we receive your application or whether you have chosen to appeal. Your position on a waiting list may change if any late applications are received which have a higher priority within the admission oversubscription criteria. These applications will be placed higher than those who have been on the list for some time, this is in line with the coordinated scheme. If your child is offered a place at a higher preferred school, their name will be removed from any waiting lists for lower preferences. The waiting list will be maintained until 31st May.
The White Hills Park Trust will notify the LA when to write to offer a place to the applicant at the top of the waiting list if the number of allocated places falls below the published admission number for the school. Children’s names will only be added to a school’s waiting list if they are refused a place.
Late applications received from the closing date up to the date specified within Nottinghamshire’s coordinated arrangements will be dealt with in accordance with the scheme. They will be considered as on time if the applicant can provide evidence that there were exceptional reasons for missing the closing date, for example family bereavement, hospitalisation or family trauma. Applications received after that date will be considered as late and processed after the national offer date.
The White Hills Park Trust participates in Nottinghamshire County Council's in-year coordinated scheme.
Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their age group. For both primary to secondary transfer and in year admissions parents should submit a request in writing to the Admissions Authority as early as possible. In all cases decisions will be made based on the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned.
Parents
The person making the application must hold parental responsibility.
Siblings (brothers or sisters)
The catchment area for Bramcote College is shown in the shaded area north of the A52 in the map below:
Where one child of a multiple birth can be admitted, the other child/children will also be admitted.
The Trust works with the LA for in year applications. Applications should be made through Nottinghamshire County Council.
The PAN for Bramcote College is 150 for Year 7 intake 2026.
General entry requirements
There are no general entry requirements to join Bramcote College Sixth Form. However, for study at Level 3 (A level and its equivalents), at least a minimum of 5 GCSEs of grade 5 or above is required, usually including English and Maths.
Additional entry requirements
Some subjects have additional entry requirements.
Up to 60 places are offered to students who would be joining the Trust in Year 12. In the event of over-subscription, the following criteria for admission into Year 12 will apply:
In the event of oversubscription, within any criterion, preference will be given to children who live nearest to the school as the crow flies. Distances are measured from the entrance to the child’s home to the principal entrance of the main administrative building of the school, using the County Council’s distance measuring software.
The appeal system and waiting list will also apply.
All lessons are 1 hour 15 minutes. We run a one-week timetable with 4 periods each day.
Subject |
Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
English |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Maths |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Science |
3 |
3 |
4 |
History |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Geography |
1 |
1 |
1 |
RE & Citizenship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
MFL (Spanish) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Computer Science |
1 |
1 |
1 |
PE |
2 |
2 |
1 |
Sports Leaders |
During Year 9, pupils choose |
||
Music & Drama |
1 |
2 |
|
MFL (German) |
|||
Art |
1 |
1 |
|
Technology* |
1 |
1 |
*Technology is organised on a rotation – all students will take Textiles, 3D Design, Food & Graphics during their time in Year 7 & Year 8.
Subject |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
English Language & Literature |
4 |
4 |
Maths (& Further Maths) |
3 |
3 |
Science (Double or Triple) |
4 |
4 |
Option A |
2 |
2 |
Option B |
2 |
2 |
Option C |
2 |
2 |
Core PE |
1 |
1 |
RE & Citizenship (including RSE and Careers) |
1 |
1 |
Study & Enrichment |
1 |
1 |
All students except those on a personalised SEN pathway must take ONE of History, Geography, Spanish or Computer Science and we encourage students to follow the EBacc route (Humanity + MFL).
Options subjects which are offered at KS4:
History, Geography, Computer Science, MFL (Spanish)
Media Studies, Photography, Art, Textiles, 3D Design, Food & Nutrition, Performing Arts, BTEC Sport, Sociology, Psychology, Health & Social Care and Business.
Courses on offer in our sixth form can be found on our dedicated sixth Form website: bc6f.org.uk
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