Our Board

Many of our Board members are local residents who have first-hand experience of working and living in Bolton, with a personal understanding of the diverse needs of our communities. Our Board recognises that effective leadership and good decision-making is enabled through a diverse membership, a culture of listening to, and acting on, diverse perspectives and, having behaviours that embody respect, openness and constructive challenge.

The Board recognises the value of having a diverse composition with members providing a blend of differing skills, experience, perspectives and characteristics.

Our Board and our leadership culture reflects the diversity of our College and the communities that we serve and is committed to setting an inclusive leadership culture that values and celebrates diversity and inclusion for our staff, learners and key stakeholders.

‘Our Board and leadership culture reflects the diversity of our College and communities that we serve. We continue with our commitment to ensure that the Board demographics are more closely aligned to our College population. This is reflected within our Equality Aims.’

(Continued) Our Board

Board Member Profile by Gender

The percentage of our Board members who are female is not currently representative of our local population and has seen a reduction from 56% in 2016-17.

Gender

Male 12 – 67% Female 6 – 33%

Board Member Profile by Age Band

The age range of our Board members has not changed significantly and the percentage of those in the 40-60 age bracket has remained static. We are currently underrepresented for those aged 40 and below.

Age

Under 25 25-40 40-60 60+

2 – 11% 0 9 – 50% 7 – 39%

Board Member Profile by Ethnic Group

The percentage of Board members from BME ethnicity groups is not representative of our local population at the moment. BME representation has improved from 6% in 2016-17.

Ethnicity

BME 17% Non-BME 83%