Bruntcliffe Academy
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Leeds (Leeds).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Bruntcliffe Academy is a secondary school located in Leeds. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,374 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,400. It is part of the THE GORSE ACADEMIES TRUST. The school is led by Sir John Townsley.
Key facts
- URN
- 142056
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Tracey Thomas-Marshall Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nick Young | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Kingsley Eromosele Ofeimu | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Dr Grainne Dickerson | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Pascoe Gill | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mrs Louise Amos | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Mark Stuart Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | 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