Crossacres Primary Academy
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
Welcome to Crossacres Primary Academy.
Here at Crossacres, we are immensely proud to provide our children with the care, support and education that will instil within them: Our curriculum has been uniquely designed so that our pupils can: Our school creates an interesting, enjoyable and peaceful environment where children feel safe and confident to challenge themselves and to make the outstanding progress that we are so proud of.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Textiles
- Forest School
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
Key facts
- URN
- 140709
- 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
- Wythenshawe and Sale East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (14 current, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristopher Newton Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Diana Cole Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Emma Findlay Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Efosa Ero Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Kristopher Newton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Christopher Pickering Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Emma Stephens-Smith Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Paul Galloway | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2023 | |
| Ms Georgina Sargent Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Richard Duerr | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 |
| David Bell Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 |
| Helen Rose Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 |
| Suzanne Blay Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2014 |
| Mrs Suzanne Blay Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2014 | |
| Mr Liam Radford Confirmed same person Former | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | 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