Staindrop Academy
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Darlington (County Durham).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Staindrop Academy is a secondary school located in Darlington, County Durham. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 469 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 675. It is part of the ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. The school is led by Mrs Sarah Mitchinson.
Key facts
- URN
- 144991
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (11 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 Neville Harrison Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Kathryn Donnelly | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Stacey Rand | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Sarah Fells | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Victoria Summerfield | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Hannah Hughes | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Julie Barker | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Sowerby | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Emma Chawner | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Sarah Mitchinson | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Joanna Baker | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2029 |
| Mr Phil Collingwood Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 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