St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Academy converter primary school in York (York).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Aelred's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy is a Roman Catholic primary school located in York. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 178 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Claire Hughes.
Key facts
- URN
- 147416
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2019
Governing body (6 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 Bill Scriven | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kevin Sweetman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2031 |
| Mr Christopher Bevington | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Claire Hughes | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Mr Vic Klays | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2028 |
| Mr Gerrard Dillon | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Robert Lavery Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Kevin Sweetman Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Christine Wise Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · 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