St Johns CofE Academy
Free schools all-through school in Wantage (Oxfordshire).
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
In 2013 the Vale Academy Trust led the way in modelling collaboration, being the first in the UK to see church schools and community schools coming together, whilst retaining their own distinctive character.
All share a common vision and set of goals and targets, with skilled professionals working both within their own schools and across other Trust schools to bring about truly collaborative school improvement. This has already resulted in many exciting joint projects and initiatives and the Vale Academy Trust Promise - to Involve, Engage, Enrich and Inspire.
This reinforces our ambition to offer each young person a breadth of experience through which they will find and forge their talents, whilst they learn in forward thinking, inspirational schools with skilled and motivated teachers determined to secure the best outcomes for each child.
The Department for Education has approved the Vale Academy Trust as a Sponsoring Academy Trust and we are currently working with our partners to deliver a new all through school for Grove situated on the Wellington Gate development, due to open in September 2023.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Photography
- Rugby
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 149771
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 2 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2023
Governing body (10 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan McPherson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Assersohn | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Michelle Lampson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Lindsay Wood | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mohamed Hussein | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ian Mitchell | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Trevor Croft | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Megan Wootten | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Sarah Shackleton | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Rick Holroyd | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Chantelle Smith Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Jane Tudor Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
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