Southey Green Nursery & Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Sheffield (Sheffield).
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).Southey Green Primary School and Nurseries is a primary school located in Sheffield. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 727 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 630. It is part of the INOVA MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED. The school is led by Mrs Rachael Shotton.
Enrichment
11 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Learning
- Extra Curricular
- Playground buddies
- School Council Reps
- Mini Police
- Eco Warriors
- Children s University
- Playtime Buddies
- School Council
- Eco-Schools
- Read Write Inc (RWI)
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Leading Parent Partnership AwardWorking with families
Key facts
- URN
- 139133
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (5 current, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Julie Burkinshaw Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Jill Hague | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Rachael Shotton | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mr Lee Turner | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Katherine Holland | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Ciro Theaker Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Emma Ford Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Julie Burkinshaw Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2015 · 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