Gawthorpe Community Academy
Academy converter primary school in Ossett (Wakefield).
Location
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Our mission is to provide a happy, stimulating, inclusive and supportive environment in which all partners are valued and respected and there are equal opportunities for all. The Academy will continue to develop its work in order to provide quality education, rich learning opportunities, high expectations and challenge.
In these ways we seek to enable each child to achieve their potential in all aspects of development, year on year.
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.- Extra Curricular
Key facts
- URN
- 137643
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (8 current, 6 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Duncan Smith | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Clements Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Yasmin Azad | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Steph Davies | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Emma Dixon-Child | Shared Governance Professional - EstablishmentGovernance professional | since 2025 | |
| Mrs Amy Bateman | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mrs Laura Poole | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Annabel Berry | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mr James Richards | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Lee Adlington Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Maciej Kapsa Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Robert Oldroyd Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Duncan Smith Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Yasmin Azad Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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