Moorhill Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Cannock (Staffordshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to our Academy Council page. The Shaw Education Trust Board supports and challenges the leadership team as required and the Trust Board maintains overall legal control of Moorhill Primary School. Currently, the Executive Headteacher & the Shaw Education Trust feels that Moorhill requires rapid impact and so an Interim Executive Board is being established.
At Moorhill we have a dedicated governance team, committed to the key roles of: We aim to develop a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion in which all those connected to Shaw Education Trust feel proud of their identity and ability to participate fully in school life.
Across our multi-academy trust, our governance roles are composed of approximately 85% white British, 5% minority ethnic background* and 10% wishing not to share their information. *Similar to pupil data, any individual who is of any origin other than white British, is defined as being of minority ethnic background. Governance | Shaw Education Trust - Set Governance
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
19 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Choir
- Coding
- Computing
- Cooking
- Cricket
- Drama
- Football
- Hockey
- Music
- Rounders
- Tennis
- Textiles
- ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)
- Forest School
- Outward Bound
and 3 more
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Primary Science Quality MarkScience
- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 149001
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2022
Governing body (7 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Rachel King | Chair of Local Governing Body | Interim Executive Board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Neil Warner | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Peter Potts | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Cath Spender | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Mark Howes | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Joanne Collingwood | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Libby Banks | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Rachel King Former | Local Governor | Interim Executive Board | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
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