Barr's Hill School
Academy converter secondary school in Coventry (Coventry).
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
At Barrs Hill School everything we do is focused on Building Brighter Futures for our all of our students and our wider community. Our ethos of PRIDE encourages students to achieve their very best in all aspects of school life, both in the classroom and beyond.
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.- Debating
- Drama
- Photography
- Rugby
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Key facts
- URN
- 142339
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (14 current, 2 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 Catherine Skirrow | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Rooke | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Gabrielle Vella | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr James Brown | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Jacqui Shearer | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2025 | |
| Ms Sharon Mahers | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Samina Jahangir | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Helen Skilton | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Catherine Skirrow | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Anthony William Fitzpatrick Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Emma Martin | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Professor Jane Conlon | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr David Wood | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Matthew Stokes Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Mike Earl Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Rowenda Butterworth Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · 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