Ladybarn Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Manchester (Manchester).
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
Click on the blue button to see why Ladybarn Primary won the Manchester Sports Award School of the Year I am delighted to welcome you to Ladybarn Primary, a vibrant and friendly school where children enjoy the exciting range of opportunities and make excellent progress.
Ladybarn Primary is part of Kingsway Community Trust, which also consists of Cringle Brook Primary in Levenshulme and Green End Primary in Burnage, both of which are Ofsted Graded Outstanding. As part of the Trust, Ladybarn benefits from strong links with these two schools.
As Executive Headteacher across the Trust, and having been Headteacher at Ladybarn since 1998, I am passionate about enabling all children in our local communities to have the very best possible educational opportunities. I have extremely high expectations of all the children, both in terms of their academic achievement and their emotional and social development.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Awards
4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
- Eco Schools Green FlagEnvironment
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 140137
- 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
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (7 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Peter Wills | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mohamed Ashraf Ali | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Fiona Long | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Katharine Palmer | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2030 |
| Miss Camilla Duncan | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Rumana Asif | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Emma Garner Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Aaron Davies Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr David Clemmett Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · 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