Woodham Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Newton Aycliffe (County Durham).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Woodham Academy is a secondary school located in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,027 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,100. It is part of the EDEN LEARNING TRUST. The school is led by Mr Andrew Bell.
Key facts
- URN
- 138717
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (15 current, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Knight | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Heather Marie Grant | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Taryn Gayle Griesse | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sarah Mira Anderson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Craig Sowerby | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Matthew Spoors | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Andrea Mulhearn | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Laura Langdale-Bush | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Glen Cochrane | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Hynes | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Andrew Bell | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Brian Winwood | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Ian Johnson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Mr Sean Barnett Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2012 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Jonathan French | Local Governor | Original (signatory) members | since 2012 · until 2028 |
| Mr John Adamson Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Miss Keely Madgin Former | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · 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