Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy
Academy converter primary school in Macclesfield (Cheshire East).
Location
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Mottram St Andrew Primary Academy opened on its current site in 1908. Our catchment area is the parish of Mottram St. Andrew, but children travel from a wide area to attend our wonderful school. Due to our record of success, we were the first primary academy in Cheshire East.
Academies are state schools which get their funding directly from the Government, which gives us greater flexibility to best meet the needs of our children. We currently have 190 children in school with eight single-age classes, including a Nursery class. Our class sizes are smaller than usual, as we have a Pupil Admission Number (Pan) of 26.
This means that we have no more than 26 children in each of our classes, giving children the benefits of both single year group classes and smaller class size.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 136518
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (15 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.14 governors are linked to a profile (13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Karin Whitehead Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Joanna Forbes Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Charlotte Howell Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 |
| Mr Peter Alexander Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Matthew Ollier Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Daniel Lee Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr James Byrne Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Vicky Robinson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Anna Langley Confirmed same person | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mr Michael Parry Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Ms Yvonne O'Brien Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 |
| Miss Jean Willerton Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2017 | |
| Miss Jean Willerton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mrs Karin Whitehead Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 |
| Mrs R Morgan (likely) | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 |
| Mrs Nina Mowforth Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Anna Langley Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Harriet Ollier Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · 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