Manor Drive Secondary Academy
Free schools secondary school in Peterborough (Peterborough).
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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Manor Drive Secondary Academy is a secondary school located in Peterborough. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 446 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 720. It is part of the FOUR CS Mat. The school is led by Ms Jo Sludds.
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 149104
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2022
Governing body (9 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 governors are 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 Jonathan Theobalds Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Jonathan Theobalds Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Harrington | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Andrew William Dean | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Hannah Benn | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Adam Bruzda | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Kaneez Fatma | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Joanne Prescott | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Joanna Sludds | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Suzanne Jones Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Ms Suzanne Jones Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Daniel Loftus Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | 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