Wolgarston High School
Academy converter secondary school in Stafford (Staffordshire).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Wolgarston High School is a secondary school located in Stafford, Staffordshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 and currently has 834 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 860. It is part of the PENK VALLEY ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr Daniel Boden.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Visible Learning (Hattie)
Key facts
- URN
- 145381
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2018
Governing body (8 current, 3 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 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Byrne | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lynsey Bissell | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Fiona Beeken | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Daniel Boden | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mrs Katharine Louise Weston | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Dawn Tuck | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Chris Curtis | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Angela Miles Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Andrew Grocutt Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Jonathan Byrne 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