Hollingworth Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Rochdale (Rochdale).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Hollingworth Academy is a secondary school located in Rochdale. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,339 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,350. It is part of the HOLLINGWORTH LEARNING TRUST. The school is led by Mr Robert McGinty.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Dance
- Drama
- Football
- Textiles
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 140091
- 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
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (11 current, 1 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.
Governors
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Vanessa Rowland | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Aminur Rahman | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Krystian Liptrot | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Annemarie Eves | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Michelle Bottomley | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Darren Ellison | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Richard Wheatley | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Anna Schofield | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Ann-Marie Smethurst | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Amanda Crossley | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Katie Digiorgi Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Asima Jabeen Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · 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