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Location

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About

Choosing a school for your child is one of the most important decisions we make as parents for our children and whether you are reading this as a prospective member of our Academy family or as a member of our community, it gives me great pleasure to share our journey with you.

I hope this website shows you a glimpse of what makes Hillcrest Early Years Academy so unique and special and that it gives you an insight into our incredible school. At Hillcrest Early Years Academy, our goal is for every child to leave our school happy and successful, with memories that they will cherish forever and skills that are the foundation for their future learning.

Our staff are committed to ensuring the very best for your child through providing the highest standard of education and creating a safe and nurturing environment which ignites curiosity, awe and wonder so that children feel safe to take risks, make mistakes and challenge themselves to be the best version of themselves they can be.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Computing
  • Music
  • Swimming
  • Rosenshine's Principles

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • ArtsmarkArts and culture

Key facts

URN
138330
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
0 to 7
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Lincolnshire
Constituency
Gainsborough
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2012

Governing body (14 current, 4 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

9 governors are linked to a profile (8 confirmed, 1 (likely)).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Mark StockfordTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Derek BrayTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Miss Samantha Stokes Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2026
Miss Zara Thorpe Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025
Miss Deborah Mitchell Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Wendy Louise Walter Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Phillip Walker (likely)TrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Ms Charlotte Fountain-Bird Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Glyn RushtonMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024
Ms Emily PowellMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024
Deborah Mitchell Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Gareth Lloyd Day Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2018
Mrs Deborah Mitchell Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2018
Mrs Gemma AtkinsonChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2012
Mr James Plowright FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mr Lewis Commander FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · term ended 2025
Mrs Katie Padden Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2026
Mrs Helen Villamuera Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record