Governors
The Remit of the Governing Body
The main purpose of the Hutton Rudby Primary School Governing Body is to:
- Ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction of our school.
- Hold leaders to account for educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of staff.
- Oversee the financial performance of the school and make sure its money is well spent.
- Ensure that the voices of stakeholders are heard.
The Structure of our Governing Body
The governing body has considerable discretion as to how to discharge its responsibilities but is required to constitute itself in line with the regulations and to appoint a chair and vice chair. The governing body may delegate certain parts of its responsibilities to certain governors or committees of governors.
Our governing body meets approximately 9 times each year as a full governing body and doesn’t have any active sub-committees as it has been agreed that all our governors wish to know about all aspects of the school’s works.
Our current chair of governors is Mr Adam Hodge and our vice chair of governors is Mr Simon Pollitt. Mrs Penny Fenton is our clerk to the governing body, who can be contacted via the school office (admin@huttonrudby.n-yorks.sch.uk).
Our Governing Body
| Name | Role | Date of Appointment |
| Mr Adam Hodge | Co-opted Governor Chair of Governors | 01/12/2021 – 30/11/2025 |
| Mr Simon Pollitt | Parent Governor Vice Chair of Governors | 29/06/2022 – 02/10/2026 |
| Mr Mike White | Headteacher | Ex Officio |
| Miss Hannah Clark | Staff Governor | 07/11/2022 – 06/11/2026 |
| Mrs Alison Whittaker | Co-opted Governor Safeguarding Governor | 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2026 |
| Mrs Andrea Offord | Co-opted Governor SEN and Pupil Premium Governor | 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2026 |
| Mr Anton Hodge | Local Authority Governor | 07/11/2022 – 06/11/2026 |
| Mrs Katie Craddock | Co-opted Governor | 18/07/2022 – 12/07/2026 |
| Mrs Emily McAdam | Parent Governor | 20/03/2023 – 20/03/2027 |
| Mr Scott Acklam-Hall | Co-opted Governor | 20/03/2023 – 20/03/2027 |
Associate Governors
Mr Rob Johnson has been appointed as an Associate Governor for the period that he remains in post as Interim Headteacher. Mr Johnson does not have any voting rights.
Our School’s Instrument of Government
The instrument of government sets out the constitution of a maintained school’s governing body. This means how many governors of each type the school has and the length of their terms of office if they are not the default four-year term. All our governors serve for a 4 year period.
Hutton Rudby Primary School Instrument of Governance
Register of Business Interests
The following downloads itemise governor business interests for the 2021/2022, 2022/2023 and current academic years.
Register of Governor Business Interests 2023 – 2024
Register of Governor Business Interests 2022 – 2023
Register of Governor Business Interests 2021 – 2022
Governors’ Attendance Record
Click here for the Attendance Record for the 2022 / 2023 Academic Year
2021/2022 Academic Year
| Full Governing Body Meetings | % |
| Mr Adam Hodge | 100 |
| Mr Tim Snowdon | 33 |
| Mr Simon Pollit | 100 |
| Mr Matthew Kelly | 60 |
| Mr Rob Johnson | 100 |
| Mrs Katherine Howell | 100 |
| Mr Derek Noble | 100 |
| Mrs Nicola Heenan | 100 |
| Mrs Fiona Shovlin | 60 |
| Finance & Staffing Sub-Committee | % |
| Mrs Nicola Heenan | 100 |
| Mr Matthew Kelly | 100 |
| Mrs Katherine Howell | 100 |
| Mr Tim Snowdon | 100 |
| Mr Adam Hodge | 100 |
| Budget Monitoring Sub-Committee | % |
| Mr Matthew Kelly | 100 |
| Mr Adam Hodge | 100 |
| Mr Derek Noble | 100 |
| Premises, Health & Safety Sub-Committee | % |
| Mr Rob Johnson | 100 |
| Mrs Nicola Heenan | 100 |
| Mr Derek Noble | 100 |
| Mr Matthew Kelly | 50 |
| Quality of Education Sub-Committee | % |
| Mr Rob Johnson | 100 |
| Mrs Katherine Howell | 100 |
| Mrs Nicola Heenan | 100 |
| Mr Matthew Kelly | 100 |
| Mr Derek Noble | 100 |
| Mrs Fiona Shovlin | 0 |
The following table identifies a list of governors who have previously held office at the school within the last 12 months.
| Name | Type of Governor | Held office from | Held office to |
| Tim Snowdon | Parent Governor | 1/12/2021 | 1/03/2023 |
| Nicola Heenan | Co-opted Governor | 30/09/2021 | 14/07/2022 |
| Derek Noble | Local Authority Governor | 30/3/2022 | 14/07/2022 |
| Fiona Shovlin | Parent Governor | 21/2/2019 | 15/5/2022 |
Governing Body Minutes
Minutes from governing body meetings are public documents and as such can be accessed by any member of the public. For a copy, please contact the school office.
