RILLINGTON primary school

Governors

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

The three core functions of the local governing board 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.
To oversee the financial performance of the Academy and make sure its money is well spent.

Chair of Governors: Diana Wetherell Terry

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

Annual Governance Statement 2019-2020.docx

Responsibilities

Together, the Governors 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 Governing Body.
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.
Taking general responsibility for the Academy and its budget.
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 Governors

There are several different types of Governor:

Parent Governor - Elected from parents at the school by parents at the Academy.
Staff Governor - Elected from staff at the school by staff at the Academy
Co-opted Governors - Appointed by members of the Local Governing Body. 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 governing body as members, they are people who the governing body feel could contribute to its work.

Rillington's Local Governing Body:

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

Meet the Governors

Diana Wetherell Terry - Chair of the Local Governing Body, curriculum and leadership link Governor

Diana brings skills and expertise gained through over 30 years’ working in higher education. As Deputy Dean for the Business School and Faculty at York St John University she worked tirelessly to maintain its principles of good quality research-informed teaching through supporting best practice in education. Diana was responsible for strategic direction along with day-to-day management of a large faculty containing a diverse range of students and staff. In addition, she was responsible for the outreach programme which enabled her to teach in China, Kenya, Rwanda, Pakistan, Bahrain, and Hong Kong. Diana is driven by a passion to educate, to enable and empower young people to achieve their full potential and know that this is best achieved by developing, promoting, and supporting excellent and innovative teaching practice.

Diana acts as mentor for Chairs of Governors in North Yorkshire, is proud to be a governor and Chair at Rillington where time and knowledge is used to improve the life chances of the children, whilst striving to make it an outstanding place where children can grow.

Sally Dunkley - Safeguarding, child protection, health and safety, SEND link Governor

Sally spent over 30 years in the South of England designing Pharmaceutical and Chemical plants with a strong emphasis on health and safety. In 2012 she moved to North Yorkshire and spent 3 years as Safeguarding & Health and Safety Governor at a local primary school.

As Safeguarding, Child Protection, Health and Safety and SEND Governor, Sally works to ensure that the Local Governing Body fulfils its responsibilities with regards to Safeguarding and challenge and support school leadership to enable children at Rillington Primary School to achieve the best possible education.

Rob Williams - Maths, Science, Key stage two link Governor

Jo Johnson - staff Governor

Jo has worked in education for the past 24 years working in a range of small and large rural primary schools within North Yorkshire .For Most of that time Jo worked as a Nursery nurse and HLTA in a large Early years unit. In school she is a qualified mental health first aider for both children and adults and deliver Thrive interventions to support mental health and wellbeing. Jo is actively involved in providing a safe and inspirational environment that promotes self- esteem and confidence allowing every child to flourish and grow within our school community. She thoroughly enjoys her job and has a real passion for education and school life.

Jo plays a very active role in being a parent and safeguarding governor in another small rural school, she is also a mummy of three very energetic children. In her spare time she enjoys exploring the outdoors and watching her family play sport.

Carrie Stabler - Head teacher - ex-officio

During her time at Rillington Carrie has steered the Academy in it's drive for improvement, ensuring that safeguarding is effective and pupil's outcomes are improving. Recently, she led the Academy through a successful HMI monitoring visit. Carrie is passionate about reading, mental health and children being physically active, these are at the heart of Rillington's curriculum.

Outside of school Carrie is passionate about sports and enjoys spending time watching her children play football and cricket.

Name	Term of Office	Link Role	Name of Business	Nature of Business	Nature of Interest
Carrie Stabler Head teacher	N/A	N/A	Rillington Primary School	Education	Head teacher
Jo Johnson Staff	15.10.2020 to 15.10.2024	N/A	Rillington Primary School	Education	Teacher
Diana Wetherell Terry. Chair Co opted		Curriculum and leadership	None Trustee Ryedale Community Transport	Retired	None Trustee, on hold until January 2021
Sally Dunkely Co opted		Safeguarding, child protection, health and safety, SEND link Governor	R&S Dunkley	Agricultural	Sole Trader
Rob Williams Co opted		Maths, Science, Key stage two link Governor	Malton Secondary School	Education	Head teacher
Vacancy Co opted
Vacancy Co opted
Vacancy Parent
Vacancy Parent

Governor attendance:

2020 - 2021

Diana Wetherell Terry 15.10.20

Rob Williams 15.10.20

Sally Dunkley 15.10.20

Carrie Stabler 15.10.20

Jo Johnson 15.10.20

2019 - 2020

Diana Wetherell Terry 04.05.20 13.07.20

Rob Williams 13.07.20

Sally Dunkley 04.05.20 13.07.20

Pat Dubas 04.05.20 13.07.20

Carrie Stabler 04.05.20 13.07.20

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