Our Lady of Victories Catholic School
Academy converter primary school in Keighley (Bradford).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Our Lady of Victories Catholic School is a Roman Catholic primary school located in Keighley, Bradford. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 245 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 237. It is part of the BLESSED CHRISTOPHER WHARTON CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr John Devlin.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Judo
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Key facts
- URN
- 141059
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (11 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is 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 Nick Watson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Los | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Neelum Yasmin | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lucia Simpkin | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Kelly King | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sharon Dematteis | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Carmel Oneil-Linyard | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sarah Barker | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Jennifer Taylor | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Naveeda Malik | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mr John Devlin Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Monsignor David Smith Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Shakira Afzal Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Mark Brennan Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Sarah Wood-Ripley Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · 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