Trustees & Members

Welcome to our Trustees section.

Please find below details of how our Board of Trustees and Members is structured, including their names, categories, responsibilities and term of office for each Trustee or Member.

The role of the Hillcrest Board of Trustees and Members is to help manage the academy and challenge it to spend the money given to it in the best interests of it’s children.

The Hillcrest Board of Trustees meets 6 times a year and the Members meet 3 times a year. There are then also several committees who meet separately and advise and support the trustees. Their remit covers standards & outcomes, finance and audit & risk.

Trustees come from two groups:

Parents
Community – To include business, legal, finance, HR and local community interests. (We are always looking for business, legal and finance governors to join our team. )

If there is anything you wish to raise with any of our trustees, please do not hesitate to contact them through our Governance Professional on penny.elsegood@hillcrest.lincs.sch.uk

Board of Members

Trustee Membership information

Trustee Name	Type of Trustee	Appointed	End of Term	Specific /Additional Role[s]
Mrs Debbie Mitchell	Appointed	01/09/2021	31/08/2025	Link Trustee: Safeguarding, SEND ,English, Phonics, PE Chair of Trustees appointed from Sept 2024 to Sept 2025
Mrs Wendy Walter	Parent	01/09/2021	31/08/2025	Link Trustee: GDPR, Science
Mr Phil Walker	Appointed	01/09/2021	31/08/2025	Link Trustee: School development plan and computing
Mrs Katie Padden	Parent	04/12/2023	03/12/2027	Link Trustee: Humanities, RE, PHSE, Music
Mrs Helen Villamuera	Appointed	11/07/2022	10/07/2026	Vice chair appointed Sept 2024 to Sept 2025 Link trustee: Staff wellbeing, Maths
Lottie Fountain-Bird	Appointed	07/10/2024	07/10/2028
James Plowright	Appointed	03.02.2025	02.02.29	Link trustee for DT & Art
Appointed trustee vacancy

Declaration of Interests

Name	Name/ nature of pecuniary/business interest declared	Type of Business
Mr Gareth Day	Chattertons Clerk to charity at King Edwards Educational Trust Trustee at The Dorothy Harrison Trust	Solicitors Charity Charity
Mrs Debbie Mitchell	The Music & Dance Journey	Tuition
Katie Padden	PhD Student	Student
Mrs Wendy Walter	Scentsy / Utility Warehouse distributor	Distribution
Mr Phil Walker	Turner & Co	Accountant
Mrs Helen Villamuera	Groupe Atlantic UK, ROI and North America	Construction
Ms Lottie Fountain-Bird	University of East Anglia Specsavers	Trainee Ed Psych Optical Assistant
Mr James Plowright	Magna accident services Ltd	Motor claims assessor
Mrs Emily Powell	Headteacher at Stallingborough CE Primary School	Headteacher
Mr Glyn Rushton	Scartho Infants School	Headteacher
Ms Zara Thorpe	Lincolnshire County Council – Virtual School.
Senior Leaders who contribute:
Miss Samantha Stokes Headteacher	No External Business Interest Declared. Member of staff at Hillcrest Early Years Academy
Mr Lewis Commander Acting Headteacher	No External Business Interest Declared. Member of staff at Hillcrest Early Years Academy
Mrs Gemma Atkinson School Business Manager	Member of staff at Hillcrest Early Years Academy Ian Atkinson Joinery & Tiling
Contributors:
Mrs Penny Elsegood Governance professional	No external business interest declared Member of staff at Hillcrest Academy