Sheerhatch Primary School
Community primary school in Bedford (Bedford).
Location
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Sheerhatch Primary School runs across two sites, a mile and a half apart, occupying central village locations in Cople and Willington, which are situated off the A603 between Bedford and Sandy, with Cople to the South and Willington to the North.
We draw our pupils from the villages themselves, but also welcome applications for places (subject to availability) from outside our catchment area. The school sites were founded separately by the Duke of Bedford in 1867 and 1869 and are housed both in the original Victorian buildings and in modern extensions.
Foundation stage, year 1 and 2 are based at the Sheerhatch Willington site and Years 3 through to 6 are based at Sheerhatch Cople. After Year 6, our children transfer to secondary school. There are a number of options, but we work closely with Mark Rutherford School in Bedford for which we are a named feeder school.
Our intake number is 30 and we currently have 128 children on roll. We track the pages you visit on this site using Google Analytics . This tells us what's popular so we can do more of what you like.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Computing
- Dance
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Lego
- Music
- Rugby
- Stem
- Forest School
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 109442
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (10 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sarah Jane Cropley | Chair of Governors | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Emma Kier | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Thomas Middleton | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Emmanuel Mugadza | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Amanda Burt | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Cheryl Williams | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · until 2029 |
| Mr Paul Michael Emery | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Anna Donovan | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Mary Whitehead | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Joyce Tucker | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Eleanor-Marie Louise Turner Former | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Martina Foster Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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