Local Committee Members

Rillington are proud to be part of the educational vision of Elevate Multi Academy Trust whilst retaining our own strong identity.  The Trustees have allowed its Academies to retain the same composition for their local committee, which is set out below. 

The two core functions of the local committee are:

• To ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction.
• To hold the head teacher to account for the educational performance of the Academy and its children.

Chair of Governors: Vanessa Conman

Contact: v.conman@rillingtonprimaryschool.org  or  Rillington Primary School, High Street, Rillington, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 8LA

Further information about local committees are available on Elevate MAT website: Elevate Multi Academy Trust - Home (elevatemat.org)

Responsibilities

Together, the local committee are responsible for:

• Setting aims and targets for the Academy and checking the Academy’s progress towards attaining these.

• Monitoring how well the Academy’s policies and plans are working.

• Accounting for the performance of the Academy and the local committee.

• Working with the Head teacher to make sure that teaching at the Academy is effective and good quality and the children are making the best possible progress

• Challenging and supporting the senior management team and taking opportunities to show interest in and appreciation of staff and children.

• Promoting the interests of the Academy and its children in the wider community.

Types of local committee members: 

There are several different types of members:

• Parent Committee Member - Elected from parents at the school by parents at the Academy.

• Staff Committee Member - Elected from staff at the school by staff at the Academy

• Co-opted Committee Member - Appointed by members of the local committee. They are intended to be representative of the local community and may add particular kinds of expertise.

• Associate member - Associate members may be appointed by the local committee as members, they are people who the local committee feel could contribute to its work.

Elevate local committees: 

As a multi-academy trust, Elevate is a charitable company limited by guarantee. This means that Elevate is a single legal entity, but it has several Academies within its family. Currently, Elevate has 18 Primary Academies. These are mainly situated across North Yorkshire with 1 Academy in West Yorkshire.

Elevate and their Academies work in collaboration with a single shared vision. The local committee structure is designed to reflect the overall responsibility of the Board of Trustees, the (operational) leadership of the CEO supported by the School Improvement Team for education and the Operational Team; for the day to day running of the Academies by the Executive Head Teachers (EHT) and Head teachers coupled with the value of local experience and understanding of the local committees in assessing the performance of our Academy and their interaction with the local community.

Elevate has established 3 key layers of local committee: 

• Members
• Trustees
• Local committee members

Although Elevate’s Trustees are accountable for all of the Academies within the Trust, it highly values the work undertaken by local committee in supporting, and challenging, our Academies and senior leadership teams to deliver high quality and inclusive education.

Elevate local committees have a pivotal role in the overall framework of the Trust by having:

• An in-depth knowledge and understanding of their Academies;
• Sustaining uniqueness of their Academy whilst aligning with Elevate’s educational vision;
• Forging and maintaining links with their community;
• Providing the vital local committee link between themselves and Trustees to enable the Trustees to carry out their responsibilities as leaders of the Trust.

The different responsibilities overseen by Trustees and local committee members are set out in the Scheme of Delegation, which is reviewed on an annual basis.

Link to Scheme of Delegation

Link to Articles of Association

Rillington's Local Committee:

• 1 Headteacher
• 1 member of staff – elected
• 2 parent members – elected
• 4 co-opted members – these may be people who live or work in the community served by our Academy, who are committed to the success of the Academy, but do not work or live close to it or, who in the opinion of the local committee have the necessary skills set.

Meet the local committee:

 

Sarah Craggs: Vice Chair of the Local Committee, Parent member - School development priorities link member

Sarah is a qualified Actuary and is currently employed as a Senior Deal Manager in Bulk Purchase Annuities for Aviva.  Her role is to bid on tenders to take on the liabilities of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, which involves actuarial calculations, negotiating contracts and pitching to trustee boards.  She has been responsible for deals of all sizes, from a few million pounds up to £1.5bn.

Prior to working at Aviva, Sarah worked for a global actuarial consultancy firm, advising trustee boards on their DB pension schemes and also advising corporates on the DB pension elements of mergers and acquisitions.

Sarah has a degree in Mathematics and Music, which are her two main passions.  In her spare time, she loves playing the violin and is a member of Scarborough Symphony Orchestra, as well as several other local ensembles.

 

Clerk to the local committee: Dianne Mousley

Resignations:

June Goodson-Moore resigned 19.03.2024 as co opted member

Diana Weatherell-Terry resigned 10.07.2024 as Chair of Local Committee

Elliott Heward resigned 27.03.2025 as parent governor

Elevate's policies are circulated to all Head teachers and Academy staff.

Copies of the minutes from local committee meetings are available upon request.

Should you need a copy, please do not hesitate to contact the office 01944 758402 or admin@rillingtonprimaryschool.org 

Governor Attendance: