Thrunscoe Primary and Nursery Academy
Academy converter primary school in Cleethorpes (North East Lincolnshire).
Location
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Welcome to teach all our children How to SHINE so that they can lead a successful, productive, safe and happy life (tomorrow). To provide high quality learning experiences daily that develop all of our children's personal SHINE (today): S - Skills and knowledge - so they can succeed academically and lead a successful and productive life.
H - Honesty and openness - so they can build positive well-being and lead a happy and safe life. I - Initiative - so they become motivated, proud, problem solvers with a desire to do their very best at all times. N - Never give up attitude and bounce back ability - so they can learn from mistakes / difficulties, move forwards positively and flourish in an ever-changing world.
E - Empathy and compassion - so they can build understanding of others opinions and needs in order to develop healthy and supportive relationships.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
23 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Choir
- Coding
- Computing
- Cooking
- Cricket
- Dance
- Dodgeball
- Drama
- Football
- Lego
- Mindfulness
- Multi-Sports
- Music
and 7 more
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- School Games MarkSport
- Wellbeing Award for SchoolsRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 138468
- 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
- North East Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (16 current, 5 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.16 governors are linked to a profile (14 confirmed, 2 (likely)).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Guy Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Anna Herrick Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Paul Weeks Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Melanie Nurse Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Emily Humberston | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2026 | |
| Miss Dani Lean Sankey Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Matthew Downes Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lyndsey Downes Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mrs Oluwafunmike Adenike Goodwin Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Paul Henderson | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mrs Patricia Mary Taylor (likely) | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mr Simon Philip Bate Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2021 | |
| Mr Robert Beel Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mr Rolf Heinz Sperr Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 · until 2028 |
| Mr Rolf Heinz Sperr Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 |
| Mrs Catherine Susan Standley Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2013 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Patricia Janet Taylor (likely) Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Andrew Cox Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Jonathan Guy Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Paul Edmund Hill Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Kim Paling Former | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2012 · term ended 2025 |
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