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About

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

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  • Stem
  • Accelerated Reader

Awards

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  • 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

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Kevin SwannackTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Nikki HipwellChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2025
Mrs Jenny Bell Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Dee CullenTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Dot AndertonTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Bridget Collinson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Christopher Burns Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Reverend Andrew BurrellMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2025
Mr Alan McViety Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Carl Richardson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Louise Auchterlonie Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Philip Nicholson Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2024
Mr Philip Nicholson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2024
Mrs Joanna Burgess Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Jonty RostronMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2011
(Helen) Jane TaylorMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2011
Mr David Watkinson Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2011
Mr Alastair Birtles Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mr William Patterson Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2026
Jonathan Dunham Confirmed same person FormerChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 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