Burnhope Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Durham (County Durham).
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).Burnhope Primary School is a primary school located in Durham, County Durham. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 81 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 105. It is part of the STANLEY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. The school is led by Mrs Lisa Bryson.
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 149122
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- North Durham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2022
Governing body (7 current, 2 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 Ossie Johnson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Karen Reynoldson | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Amy Davison | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Kay Winship | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sarah Ward | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Angela McDermid | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Lisa Bryson | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Miss Natalie Dawson Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Councillor Douglas Oliver Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · 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