Penkridge Middle School
Academy converter middle deemed secondary school in Stafford (Staffordshire).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Penkridge Middle School is a middle deemed secondary school located in Stafford, Staffordshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 9 to 13 and currently has 500 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 500. It is part of the PENK VALLEY ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr Andrew Grocutt.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Band
- Choir
Key facts
- URN
- 144206
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2018
Governing body (10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kevin Maycock Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ruth Anne Mashiter | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Chris Dobson | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Davy Cowie | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Daniel Paul Boden | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Harriet Vine | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Richard Cole | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Debbie Wynn-Jones | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Kerry Lawson | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Andrew Grocutt | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Christine Meer Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | 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