Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields)
Academy converter primary school in South Shields (South Tyneside).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) is a Church of England primary school located in South Shields, South Tyneside. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 235 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the HOLY TRINITY Church of England ACADEMY (SOUTH SHIELDS) TRUST. The school is led by Ms Tina Murphy.
Key facts
- URN
- 141160
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (7 current, 0 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 Andrea Gedling Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adam McMahon Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Tina Murphy Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Joan Marilyn Gammon Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Elaine Middleton Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Julie Allan Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Reverend Mervyn Thompson Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2014 |
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