Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
Academy converter primary school in Sowerby Bridge (Calderdale).
Location
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Sacred Heart CV Academy, St Peter's Avenue, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 1BL We are proud to work with all the Catholic schools across our two local authority areas, particularly as the Trust grows and benefits from the expertise and knowledge that other schools joining in the future will bring. A community rooted in Love, growing in Faith and Truth. Learning with Christ in our hearts.
I am very proud to be the Headteacher here at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary Academy in Sowerby Bridge and I warmly welcome you to our school website. At Sacred Heart we are blessed with a wonderful community of children and staff staff and we are a part of a wonderful community of families, parishoners and wider community members.
We serve the parishes of Sacred Heart and St Patrick s, Sowerby Bridge as well as the Good Shepherd in Mytholmroyd.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
5 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Choir
- Music
- Swimming
- Forest School
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Key facts
- URN
- 141479
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (9 current, 0 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 Jo Woodhead | Chair of Local Governing Body | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Angela Gonzalez | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Becky Greenwood | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Ashley Seymour-Skinner | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sarah Binns | Local Governor | Persons who are appointed by the foundation body or sponsor (if applicable) | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Colette Short Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Fr Malachy Larkin | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Adrian Finn | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Gill Foy | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
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