Whitworth Park Academy
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Spennymoor (County Durham).
Location
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Choosing a secondary school is one of the most important steps you take for your child's education. At Whitworth Park Academy, we put 'Children at the heart of everything we do'. We are part of a Multi-Academy Trust called Advance Learning Partnership (ALP) whose ethos is 'Excellent Education through Collaboration'.
There is a close working relationship between both organisations where expertise is developed and shared to ensure maximum opportunities for all our children. At both ALP and Whitworth Park, we want children to leave school having maximised their academic progress, but also with the social and personal skills needed to extract the maximum from what the world has to offer them.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 145564
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2018
Governing body (9 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham Darby | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Kendra Emery | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Melanie Stubbs | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Nina Cooper | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Anne-Marie Chriswell | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Sarah Heightley | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Joy Allen | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Anna Bowden | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Stuart Dixon | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Mr Zac Fletcher Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Paula Rosenberg Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
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