Cockburn John Charles Academy
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Leeds (Leeds).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Cockburn John Charles Academy is a secondary school located in Leeds. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,202 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,200. It is part of the COCKBURN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Siobhan Roberts.
Enrichment
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Awards
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Key facts
- URN
- 145927
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South
- Setting
- Urban: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kelly Newby | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Shannen Johnson | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Simon Jessup | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mr Dominic Bascombe | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Zafran Pervez | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Bruce Davies | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Siobhan Roberts | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mr David Gurney Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mr Drew Kilpatrick Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr James Rawson Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Tracey Neville Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · 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