Inspire Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Tameside (Tameside).
Location
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» Academy Information » Welcome from Mrs Armstrong, Principal As Principal of Inspire Academy, I would like extend a very warm welcome to all visitors to our website and to offer you the opportunity to come and visit us in Ashton under Lyne.
Inspire is a vibrant, welcoming, aspirational, community-focused, two-form entry primary school and there is a warmth in our school that we hope you will feel as soon as you enter. I am immensely proud of the achievements that we have made since opening in September 2015.
Having built one year at a time, we are now a full school and have worked hard to become the school of choice in the local area. Our children are happy, confident and hardworking – we help them to set their learning in the context of the wider world and to aim high, reaching for their dreams and being supported to overcome any barriers along the way.
We are in a wonderful new building with great teaching and support staff and with a wealth of wider learning and extended learning opportunities to help our children excel and succeed.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 140427
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (5 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Collins | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ben Richardson | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr David Fielding | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr John Gilmore | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Louise Armstrong | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| David Fielding Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
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