Ribbon School
Academy converter primary school in Seaham (County Durham).
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).Ribbon School is a primary school located in Seaham, County Durham. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 512 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 478. It is part of the RIBBON ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Ashleigh Sheridan.
Enrichment
26 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Trustees Governance
- Members
- Facilities
- Our Approach to Teaching
- Evaluating Effectiveness
- Emotional Social
- Looked After Children
- Consultation
- Place2Be
- Writing
- Maths
- Science
- Art Design
- Computing
- Design Technology
- Geography
and 10 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
Key facts
- URN
- 138633
- 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
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (17 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.13 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 Paige Huntingdon Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Cheryl Corner Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Kathryn Gaudie-Jones | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mrs susan simon | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mrs Victoria Scott Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Lisa Walton Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mrs Elaine Chandler Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 |
| Mr Christian Park | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 |
| Mr Michael Morton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Stephen George Ball Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Hayley Williams Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Elaine Chandler Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mr Peter Garrod Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Ashleigh Sheridan Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2017 | |
| Mrs Ashleigh Sheridan Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mrs Jane Henderson | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2012 | |
| Mr Ian Stephenson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2012 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Kathryn Louise Maddison Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Deanne Richardson Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
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