Thorp Academy
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Ryton (Gateshead).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Thorp Academy is a secondary school located in Ryton, Gateshead. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,496 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,511. It is part of the NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST. The school is led by Miss Joanna Macaulay.
Enrichment
15 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- NORTHERN Model
- Our Academy Academy Day
- Alumni
- Sixth Form
- Social Media
- Train to Teach
- Recruitment
- Bromcom
- CPOMS
- School Hire
- Sparx Maths
- Net Geography
- Net History
- English Podcasts
- In this section Academy Day
Key facts
- URN
- 141185
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (16 current, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Julie Kelly Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Wood | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mr Adam Palmer | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Ms Ashley O'Hagan | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Bryony Brannan | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Dixon | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Joanna Macaulay | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Ms Karla Martinez | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Harriet Thirkell | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Helen Clarence | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Simon Lejeune | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Ami Jackson | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Jane Wilson | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2019 |
| Mr Ian Scott | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Avril Armstrong | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Charles Thoburn | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Eleanor Baggaley Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | 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