Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School
Academy converter secondary school in Crewe (Cheshire East).
Location
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At Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College high expectations, excellent teaching, an exciting learning environment, an emphasis on the core purpose of helping students to learn and achieve, combined with a strong, caring support system, ensure that students of all abilities achieve their potential.
Outstanding examination results at GCSE and Advanced Level are consistently amongst the highest within Cheshire and nationally. Teachers, students, support staff, parents and governors work together to nurture the firmly established ethos of challenge, care, consideration and co-operation, which support the schools mission of preparing learners for a changing world .
There is a strong shared belief that children bring their own particular skills and talents and we aim to recognise, acknowledge and build on them. We place the highest priority on meeting the needs of individual students in all fields of endeavour.
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.- Drama
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
- 137449
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (21 current, 5 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christina Burgess Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Tracey Goodwin Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Tracey Goodwin Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Amanda Jane Maddock Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lauren Murphy | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2026 | |
| Mr Denis Oliver Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 |
| Mrs Sarah Boardman | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 |
| Mrs Samantha Crompton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Kate Elizabeth McDermott Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr David James Sebastian Andrews Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Dr Paul Allan Knox Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Rebecca Cowell Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Jody Nicola Florance Darlington Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Anh Nowottny Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Michael Woods Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Kerry Comb Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Sophie Lavin Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mr Nigel John Bielby Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2020 | |
| Mr Nigel John Bielby Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Mrs Ruth Livingstone Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Original (signatory) members | since 2011 |
| Mrs Caroline Morgan Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr James Alexander Hamsphire Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Caroline Goodchild Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Peter Rottier Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Anthony Halsall Confirmed same person Former | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2014 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Pauline Ann Challinor | Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professional | since 2012 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 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