Ocker Hill Academy
Academy converter primary school in Tipton (Sandwell).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Ocker Hill Academy is a primary school located in Tipton, Sandwell. The school caters for boys and girls aged 7 to 11 and currently has 251 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 256. It is part of the OCKER HILL ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr Joseph Farmer.
Key facts
- URN
- 140140
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Tipton and Wednesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (12 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Leah Guise Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Christopher Edward Davies Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Kerry Fazey Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Adam Giles Hollyhead Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Mark Robert Goodwin Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Joseph Daniel Farmer Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mrs Stephanie Boughton | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mrs Sukhjinder Kaur Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Matthew Langowski-Gadd Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2018 |
| Mrs Rachel Smith Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Mr Aubrey Hadley Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 |
| Mr Harjinder Kumar Badhan Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2013 |
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