Heap Bridge Village Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Bury (Rochdale).
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).Heap Bridge Village Primary School is a primary school located in Bury, Rochdale. The school caters for boys and girls aged 5 to 11 and currently has 168 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 175. It is part of the HOLLINGWORTH LEARNING TRUST. The school is led by Mr Marcus Cockcroft.
Enrichment
15 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Computing
- Cricket
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Music
- Netball
- Rounders
- Stem
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Forest School
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 151156
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2024
Governing body (8 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 Steven Tobias Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Hayley Hughes-Finn | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Marcus Cockcroft Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mr Jitan Jethwa | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Marc Kemp | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Katharine Collingwood | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Rev Sally Robinson | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Gemma Davies | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Steven Durham | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Lesley Porter Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Laura Hansom Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · 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