Eppleton Academy Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Houghton le Spring (Sunderland).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Eppleton Academy Primary School is a primary school located in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 212 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the EPPLETON ACADEMY PRIMARY SCHOOL. The school is led by Mrs Laura Jackson.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Football
Key facts
- URN
- 138213
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (15 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.11 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 Michelle Hogg Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Michelle Hogg Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Paige Huntingdon Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Laura Jackson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Michelle Hogg Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 |
| Mrs Claire Webb Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Rachel Chapman | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Victoria Shreeve Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sandra Mason Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Susan McNeilly Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Laura Jane Jackson Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mr Jeffrey Park | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 |
| Mr Colin Richardson | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 |
| Mrs Jill Bainbridge | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2019 | |
| Mr David Wallace Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2017 |
| Mrs Michelle Hogg Confirmed same person Former | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Susanna Wall Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Brian Johnson Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2016 · 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