Cleeve School
Academy converter secondary school in Cheltenham (Gloucestershire).
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
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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.- Accelerated Reader
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 136772
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (16 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.10 governors are linked to a profile (8 confirmed, 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Wall Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 |
| Mr Karl Turner | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2026 | |
| Mr Paul Beauchamp Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Vickie Phair | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Rob Hughes (likely) | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Steve Watts (likely) | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Paul McLaughlin Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Steve Watts (likely) | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Paul Hayes Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr Srinivas Golakoti Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Chloe Grobler Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Stephanie Tompkins | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2021 |
| Mr Alwyn Richards Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Mr Matthew Ashman | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2020 |
| Dr Graham Parton | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2020 |
| Alwyn Richards Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2015 | |
| Mr Malcolm Gray Former | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2024 · term ended 2026 | |
| Mr Michael Thurlow Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 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