White Hall Academy and Nursery
Academy sponsor led primary school in Clacton-on-Sea (Essex).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).White Hall Academy and Nursery is a primary school located in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 673 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 700. It is part of the LEARNING PATHWAYS ACADEMY. The school is led by Mrs Ellie Eames.
Enrichment
5 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Cooking
- Drama
- Gardening
- Minecraft
- Music
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 138575
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Essex
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (9 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anthony Davenport Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2020 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kim Kitchener | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Lucy MacNaughtan | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Ellie Eames | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Mr Guiliano La Penna | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Fionna Swift | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Ms Elizabeth Wells | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Dan Tywman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Andrew Smith Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2012 · until 2030 |
| Miss Grace Ryan-Smith Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · 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