Warden Park Secondary Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Haywards Heath (West Sussex).
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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Warden Park Secondary Academy is a secondary school located in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,538 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,500. It is part of the SUSSEX LEARNING TRUST. The school is led by Mr Dan Wynne Willson.
Enrichment
8 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basketball
- Chess
- Dance
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Stem
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Young Enterprise
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 137416
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (11 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Ash-Edwards Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2016 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine Notaras | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Robbie Gregorowski | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Dan Wynne Willson | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Kirsty James | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Kevin Dean | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Nolan Mortimer | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Robert Stoneley | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Sarmad Hashemi | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Gabrielle Stewart | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mr Edward Upsdell | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Richard Stevens Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · 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