Appleby Grammar School
Academy converter secondary school in Appleby-in-Westmorland (Westmorland and Furness).
Location
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Appleby Grammar School Battlebarrow Appleby-in-Westmorland Cumbria CA16 6XU Appleby Grammar School is an Inclusive school, in which all members of staff are teachers of students with additional needs. Teachers are supported by an enthusiastic and experienced learning support team, consisting of 9 members of staff.
The Learning Support Team aim to support all students, but particularly those students who may need extra help due to a specific learning difficulty or lack of confidence in a particular aspect of their work. The range of specific learning difficulties includes: dyslexia, dyspraxia, Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD and dyscalculia.
We also work closely with students who have an Education Health Care Plan. Students are mainly supported within the classroom, but also within small groups and when necessary on a one to one basis. We work closely with outside agencies and maintain close links with Specialist Practitioners.
The Learning Support Department works closely with our Feeder Primary schools, to ensure that the important period of Transition from Primary to Secondary school, can be as smooth as possible.
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.- Stem
- Accelerated Reader
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
- 137251
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (17 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.12 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
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 Kevin Swannack | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Nikki Hipwell | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2025 | |
| Mrs Jenny Bell Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Dee Cullen | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Dot Anderton | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Bridget Collinson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Christopher Burns Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Reverend Andrew Burrell | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 |
| Mr Alan McViety Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Carl Richardson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Louise Auchterlonie Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Philip Nicholson Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2024 | |
| Mr Philip Nicholson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mrs Joanna Burgess Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Jonty Rostron | MemberTrust members | Original (signatory) members | since 2011 |
| (Helen) Jane Taylor | MemberTrust members | Original (signatory) members | since 2011 |
| Mr David Watkinson Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 |
| Mr Alastair Birtles Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr William Patterson Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Jonathan Dunham Confirmed same person Former | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2011 · term ended 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