St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Blackpool (Blackpool).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic primary school located in Blackpool. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 248 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 254. It is part of the THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Sarah Smith.
Key facts
- URN
- 141115
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (6 current, 5 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 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 Clare Evans | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Julie McLeod Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Cath Kelly Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Stewart | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Amy Murphy | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Father Frank Osman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Emily Duxbury | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Michelle Staveley Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Rose Childs Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Helen Richards Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Lisa Parkinson Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | 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