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
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 - 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 - Quality of Education link Governor.

Rob is currently the Head teacher at Malton School, a nearby 11 to 18 secondary school, having been appointed to that post in September 2006. He was asked to join the IEB at Rillington Primary School as the Vice-Chair in July 2019 by North Yorkshire County Council. Rob has previously served as a parent governor at another successful primary school. He has been working in education for 30 years, starting as a teacher of History and then serving as a Head of Department, Head of Sixth Form and Deputy Head before taking up his Headship at Malton.

Rob has recently received a Gold Award in the Pearson National Teaching Awards in the category of Secondary Head teacher of the Year and this year was awarded with the title of Secondary Head teacher of the year. He is passionate about the educational opportunities and the quality of provision that all the young people in Ryedale need and deserve.

Jo Johnson - Staff Governor - Health and Safety link 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.

Jemma Miller - Parent Governor - Health and wellbeing link Governor.

With a child at Rillington, Jemma feels honoured to be accepted into the role of Parent Governor.

She strongly believes that every child in school should feel safe, happy and confident and that parents need to support and work with the school to enable that.

Jemma is a member of our Governing body to speak on behalf for our most valuable assets, our children.

Prior to having her daughter, she worked for a high street Bank where she trained to management level. She left to focus on her new family and now successfully runs her own small business, which she have been able to organise around Governor requirements. In her free time, Jemma likes to be outdoors, whether that is gardening, walking, or enjoying her four working Cocker Spaniels!

Elliott Heward - Parent Governor - Finance link Governor.

A First-Class Economics Graduate, Elliott is currently employed as a Regional Director for a Global energy and services business. As part of his employment, Elliott holds strategic and operational accountability for a range of Public/Private partnership schemes with a combined value in excess of £30m per annum. These schemes currently include over 45 Schools and 2 acute hospital sites with over 350 employees. Elliott’s role requires regular engagement with a range of Stakeholders including Headteachers, Governing Bodies, Local Authorities and Private Investors.

Elliott has a strong track record of delivering multiple School projects against challenging deadlines and dealing with issues effectively through acquired knowledge, experience and a team working approach. These Projects can often be commercially complex and involve significant sums of capital investment.

Originally from Grimsby in Lincolnshire, Elliott has now settled locally in Wintringham after moving back ‘up north’ from London in 2015. He acts as a Mentor for disadvantaged young people and he is determined to work with the Local Governing body and all stakeholders to ensure that every child that attends Rillington Primary School is provided with outstanding facilities and an outstanding education. In his spare time, Elliott operates as a football match official in the professional game and enjoys spending as much spare time as possible keeping up with his 2-year-old child.

Cllr Nathan Garbutt-Moore - Co-opted Governor - Safeguarding and child protection link Governor

Nathan was elected as the district councillor for Rillington in 2019, until recently he worked at Norton College as the Careers and Pastoral Leader, as well as providing cover for teaching duties. Nathan now runs a careers programme providing adult education and employment opportunities for people going through redundancy or wanting to change career.

Nathan has been a supporter of ‘Friends of Rillington School’ throughout his time as a district councillor. In 2020 Nathan was elected as Vice-Chairman of Ryedale District Council, as well as the council's representative on the management committee of The Milton Rooms in Malton. Outside of work and politics Nathan has a passion for dogs and enjoys walks with three of his own.

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.

Terms of Office:

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	15.10.20 to 15.10.24	Health and safety	Rillington Primary School	Education	Teacher
Diana Wetherell Terry. Chair Co opted		Curriculum and leadership	None Trustee Ryedale Community Transport	Retired	None Trustee
Sally Dunkely Co opted		SEND	R&S Dunkley	Agricultural	Sole Trader
Rob Williams Co opted		Quality of Education	Malton Secondary School	Education	Head teacher
Nathan Garbutt Moore Co opted	29.04.21 to 29.04.25	Safeguarding and child protection	Ryedale District Council	Local Council	Vice-chairman of Ryedale District Council District Councillor
Jemma Miller Parent	21.01.21 to 21.01.25	Health and wellbeing	Private company	Cleaning	Parent
Elliott Heward Parent	23.02.21 to 23.02.25	Finance	Engie limited	Energy and services	Parent

Governor attendance:

2020 - 2021

Diana Wetherell Terry 15.10.20 19.11.21 03.12.20 21.01.21 18.03.21

Rob Williams 15.10.20 19.11.21 03.12.20 21.01.21 18.03.21

Sally Dunkley 15.10.20 19.11.21 03.12.20 21.01.21 18.03.21

Carrie Stabler 15.10.20 19.11.21 03.12.20 21.01.21 18.03.21

Jo Johnson 15.10.20 19.11.21 03.12.20 21.01.21 18.03.21

Jemma Miller 21.01.21 18.03.21

Elliott Heward 18.03.21

Nathan Garbutt Moore

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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