Shirley Community Primary School
Community primary school in Cambridge (Cambridgeshire).
Location
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Thank you for visiting our school website and welcome to Shirley! We are a friendly, happy and successful school, serving the diverse and vibrant community of Chesterton in Cambridge. Our pupils come from a wide variety of backgrounds and many speak English as an additional language.
Children love coming to Shirley - they literally 'run in' to our playground in the mornings, and they are welcomed by a happy and dedicated staff who support and nurture them in a variety of ways. We are a highly inclusive place of learning and are very proud to be the first school in the country to gain the Equalities Award.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Cooking
- Cross Country
- Lego
- Swimming
- Yoga
- Place2Be
- Forest School
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Music MarkMusic
- Sing UpRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 110663
- 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
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (9 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Abbott Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Helen Andrews | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2025 | |
| Mr Scott Mathie | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Andrew Morton | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr Dario Ummarino | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr Harriet Riches | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Eniola Oyegunle | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Liz Pickering | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Revd Andrew Atkins | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mr John Cattermole | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2018 |
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