St Mary's Catholic Academy
Academy converter secondary school in Blackpool (Blackpool).
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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Mary's Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Blackpool. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,184 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,199. It is part of the THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Simon Eccles.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Band
- Hockey
- Netball
- Photography
- Tennis
- Textiles
- Badminton
- Choir
- Stem
- Swimming
Key facts
- URN
- 141257
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (9 current, 1 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 Michelle Staveley 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 Steve Thompson | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Louise Lavery | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Julie McLeod Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Jeanette Pope | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Victoria Blakeley | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Kate Hetherington | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Angela Penn | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lynsey Ankers | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Michael Shields Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · 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