Hardenhuish School
Academy converter secondary school in Chippenham (Wiltshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Hardenhuish is an 11-18 co-educational comprehensive school set in the magnificent parkland of the former Hardenhuish Manor and Chippenham Grammar School. We enjoy an enviable reputation locally and nationally as a high performing academy, being the first school in Wiltshire to take advantage of more local leadership as part of the DfE's flagship academy scheme.
We have three priorities which permeate all that we do. Firstly and perhaps most importantly our aim is for all our young people to be 'inspired to learn' – to leave us as independent learners, with the necessary skills for lifelong learning. We provide a purposeful approach to learning, ensuring that this incorporates fun and engagement.
Our status as a Microsoft Showcase School puts us at the leading edge of new technologies and we are continually exploring ways to incorporate ICT into lessons in a meaningful way. As Lead School for Gifted and Talented learners in North Wiltshire, we make exemplary provision for our most able learners.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Chess
- Creative Writing
Key facts
- URN
- 136296
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2010
Governing body (22 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.19 governors are linked to a profile (18 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
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Julie Karen White Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Nicola Wood Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Lisa Jane Gibbons Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Victoria Alexandra McMyn Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Andrew Wilson Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 |
| Mr Michael Smyth Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mr Neal Raymond Craig Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Adam Thomas Lees Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Sandra Victoria Gonzalez Caceres Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Paul Lortal Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Ms Sophia Swatton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mr John Leslie Cairns | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 |
| Mrs Andrea Dawn Gould | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2019 | |
| Mrs Isabelle Semichon Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lisa Jill Percy Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2016 | |
| Mrs Lisa Percy Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2016 |
| Mr Phil Townsend (likely) | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2013 · until 2029 |
| Mr Vivian Vines Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2010 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Kirsty Martin | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2010 |
| Mr Trevor Eddolls Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Original (signatory) members | since 2010 |
| Mr Trevor Eddolls Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2010 · until 2030 |
| Mr Andrew Wilson Confirmed same person Former | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Claire Brown Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Isabel Blackburn Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Nicola Wood Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Katrina McCabe | Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professional | since 2025 |
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