Thank you for your interest in applying for a Governance role within a Multi Academy Company (MAC) in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

​Please note: If you are applying to be a Foundation Governor on a school's Local Governing Body, you would not typically be eligible for appointment if you are related to a current employee or another governor at that school.

Relatives include - husband/wife, father/mother or father/mother-in-law, sister/brother or sister/brother-in-law, son/daughter, or son/daughter-in-law.

​Employees of a MAC are not eligible for appointment as a Foundation Director on the Board of the MAC at which they work.  If you are a MAC employee, please consider offering to serve on another MAC’s Board instead. 

​Please contact Rebecca Tonks, [email protected], for further information and guidance.

To complete this application you will be asked to provide the following information, so please ensure that you have this available before you continue:

• The email address of your parish priest who can verify that you are a practising Catholic, ie the priest of the church where you attend Mass.
• Priest’s details can be found on the Archdiocesan website: Find a Priest or Deacon.
• Please ensure that you have spoken to your priest before proceeding with your application so that he is aware that he will be contacted to verify that you are a practising Catholic.
• The email address of the person in the MAC to which you are applying who can verify that you have a current DBS certificate for the governance role for which you are applying. If you do not hold a DBS certificate, please contact the MAC to start the DBS application process before submitting your application.

To confirm that you have read the above information and are ready to proceed with your application, please click on the link below.

Apply to be a Governor of an Academy

Apply to be a Director