John Masefield High School
Academy converter secondary school in Ledbury (Herefordshire, County of).
Location
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We are an all-ability, 11-18 school, granted Academy status. We take children from Ledbury Primary School and over twenty other local primary schools in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. Please click on the link for an introduction from the Headteacher, Dr John Holmes.
The school is situated close to the edge of the town with views over the surrounding countryside. Subject departments have well-equipped suites of teaching rooms, all with interactive touch screens and we have seven ICT suites and over three hundred computers so that computer-based facilities are always available.
Our sport and leisure complex provides excellent indoor facilities together with a large, floodlit Astroturf pitch. In 2009 we opened our Student Services Centre, the first of its kind to be established in Herefordshire.
The Centre sets a new standard for inclusive and supportive secondary education, bringing together all essential pastoral and academic support services under one roof.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 136803
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (17 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.15 governors are linked to a profile (14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Stewart Veal Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Helen Christine Ramsey Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Katherine Georgina Harper Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Mike James Clayton (likely) | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mr Mark Gordon Hughes Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Dr John Peter Holmes Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2024 | |
| Dr John Peter Holmes Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mrs Rebecca Jane Palmer Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael James Clayton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Stuart Mitchell Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Dulcie Karadia Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2021 |
| Mrs Joanne Hickling | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2021 | |
| Ms Lucy Potter Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 |
| Dr Kevin Welford Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2016 |
| Mrs Emma Carr Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2015 |
| Mr Justyn Crane Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2014 |
| Mrs Helen Maureen Thomas Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2013 |
| Mrs Sarah Fletcher Warner Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Katherine Georgina Harper 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