Wistaston Academy
Academy converter primary school in Crewe (Cheshire East).
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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Wistaston Academy is a primary school located in Crewe, Cheshire East. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 478 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 472. It is part of the WISTASTON ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Ms Dominique Griffiths.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Creative Writing
- Drama
- Lego
- Stem
- Read Write Inc (RWI)
- Forest School
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ArtsmarkArts and culture
Key facts
- URN
- 140647
- 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
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (10 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Zoe Tunnicliffe Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Councillor Marilyn Houston Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lynne McMulkin Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Lynne McCulkin | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 |
| Mrs Samantha Joy Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2028 |
| Mr Richard Agnew | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2021 | |
| Miss Emma Crowe Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2018 |
| Mrs Dominique Griffiths Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2018 | |
| Ms Dominique Griffiths Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2028 |
| Mr David Osborne Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2016 |
| Councillor Marilyn Houston Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust 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