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About

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to The Blue School website. The Blue is a remarkable school. Our school is built around our collective community of wonderful individuals, working toward a shared vision. That makes our school a vibrant and exciting place to study and work. The Blue has served the City of Wells and its surrounding communities since 1641.

That history is important to us. It creates an exceptionally strong common ethos that binds generations of families, all of whom have passed through the school. Our core values respect, empathy, politeness have been fundamental to the school for over three centuries and continue to serve our community well.

Building on our status as a Research School, we have established ourselves as a centre of excellence for teaching. Our broad, creative curriculum strives to give our students a social and academic belonging.

Combining close, personal pastoral care, with high academic standards, our students develop the wide range of skills necessary to thrive in the modern world and lead a physically, mentally and spiritually healthy life.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of Edinburgh

Awards

2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
  • Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing

Key facts

URN
137285
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
2011

Governing body (16 current, 4 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

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Karl Gibson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Miss Lizzie JeanesTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Miss Alexia James Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Ms Naomi Giaretta Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Darrell Frost Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Phillip Burrows Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Jonathan Brown Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Jonathan Brown Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardNominated by other body and appointed by GBsince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Jennifer Marie Warnock Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Mr Jonathan David Brown Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Dr Katrina Bradley Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2029
Mr Mark Woodlock Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2017
Mr Mark Woodlock Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2017
Mr Pete Hoddinott (likely)MemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2013
Dr Elizabeth FrestonMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2013
Mr Robert Salt Confirmed same personChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2011
Mr Paul James Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mrs Marisa Louise Taylor Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr David Hiscox Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · term ended 2025
Venerable Anne Gell FormerMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2011 · 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