English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter primary school in Wakefield (Wakefield).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a Roman Catholic primary school located in Wakefield. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 217 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the THE BISHOP KONSTANT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Sarah Spencer.
Enrichment
5 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Music
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 141595
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- 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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Ganley | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katy Smith | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Angela Carreno | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Somaundaram Muthaih | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Sophie Cichocki | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Patricia Ainge | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Father Sean Crawley Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Sarah Spencer Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2021 |
| Mrs Bridget Kerrigan | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · until 2029 |
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