Victoria Primary Academy
Academy converter primary school in Leeds (Leeds).
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
Thank you for visiting our website, please select your preferred language I would like to offer a warm welcome to our school, where I am honoured to lead the vibrant community of Victoria Primary Academy as your Executive Principal.
I am passionate about ensuring our children have a positive, happy and memorable education surrounded by adults who develop relationships to ensure they thrive. The primary years of a childs life are fundamental to secure the best possible life chances. Not only academically but socially and emotionally helping them to follow their aspirations and dreams.
Our curriculum is designed with your child in mind. They spend many hours of their day within the classroom and outdoors learning, so what they learn and how they learn is crucial.
Our talented teachers develop curious, active thinkers who have the knowledge across the whole curriculum to discover the things that ignite their love of learning and identify their talents for the future. We are proud to be values-led and inclusive to enable all children to thrive.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Swimming
- Numbots
- Purple Mash
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 142450
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Sanderson Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Melissa Adderley | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2025 |
| Ms Carley-Jo Ellison | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Sunandita Sharma | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Shamila Kafait | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Joshua Mitchell-Smith | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Jade Milne | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Kathryn Thompson | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Jessica Jenkins | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Ben Leach | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Bhavna Gupta | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Natalie Wathen | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Mr Surfraz Ahmed Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mark Wood Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
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