Sunny Bank Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Bury (Bury).
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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Sunny Bank Primary School is a primary school located in Bury. The school caters for boys and girls aged 5 to 11 and currently has 216 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the VISION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr James Gabrielides.
Enrichment
12 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Choir
- Coding
- Computing
- Cooking
- Dance
- Football
- Gardening
- Music
- Netball
- Textiles
- Forest School
- Oak National Academy
Key facts
- URN
- 144593
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Benn Earnshaw | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Emily Heather Gilmore | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Mrs Christine Oldham | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Dr Maryam Shah | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Robert Judge | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr David Jones Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr James Gabrielides Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 · 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