The Rural Enterprise Academy
Free schools secondary school in Penkridge (Staffordshire).
Location
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Discover The Rural Enterprise Academy, a specialist high school in Penkridge, Staffordshire, offering unique land-based education focused on sustainability and environmental studies. Part of the Penk Valley Academy Trust.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 138351
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (6 current, 7 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is 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 Jenny Steel Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Emma Mears | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mr David Shipman Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Annabel Stoddart | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mr Paul Grocutt | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mr Liam Meredith | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2028 |
| Deborah Cunnion | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Thomas Robertson Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Sarah Bright Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Andrew Leese Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Angus Lennon Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Julie Sims Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Amanda Stevenson-Bate Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · 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