Darrington Church of England Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Pontefract (Wakefield).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Darrington Church of England Primary School is a Church of England primary school located in Pontefract, Wakefield. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 129 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 105. It is part of the DARRINGTON Church of England PRIMARY SCHOOL. The school is led by Headteacher Christopher Lunn.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Choir
- Computing
- Music
Key facts
- URN
- 140110
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (13 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.12 governors are linked to a profile (10 confirmed, 2 (likely)).
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 Nick Davison (likely) | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Ian Brown Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sophie Morgan Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Christopher Burden Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Catherine Leeson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Jamie Place Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Gill Fletcher | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Lynne Davis Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Vicky Meadows Confirmed same person | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2023 | |
| Mrs Amy Egan Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Chris Lunn (likely) | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2023 | |
| Mr Dale Skelton Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 |
| Mrs Gill Fletcher | MemberTrust members | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2020 |
| Mrs Rebecca Fieldhouse Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Sophie Morgan Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Ian Brown Confirmed same person Former | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
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