St Matthew's Primary School
Community primary school in Cambridge (Cambridgeshire).
Location
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The Governing Body of the school has three core functions: The School Governance (Roles, Procedures and Allowances) (England) Regulations 2013 says that "the 'board of governors should operate at a strategic level, leaving the head teacher and senior school leaders responsible and accountable to it for the operational day-to-day running of the school.
The board should avoid its time being consumed with issues of secondary importance. The School Development Plan is the key document which focuses the work of the governing body. The governing body carries out its responsibilities in a number of ways.
These include: developing and reviewing a range of written policies and procedures to address both statutory requirements and local priorities delegating many of its responsibilities to committees and/or individual governors contributing to and reviewing the school development plan and using this document as one of the key resources for setting priorities and monitoring impact using a combination of reports, visits, results and other activities and information in monitoring the progress of the school
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Mindfulness
- Purple Mash
Key facts
- URN
- 110750
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Cambridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (6 current, 5 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Christopher Neil Jagger | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Sonia Karen Ingersent | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr Simon Richardson | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr Ananay Aguilar | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Neil Perry | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Anthony Davies | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2010 |
| Mr Ricardo Herbane Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr John Parkin Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Kathryn Emma Hehir Former | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Aditi Vedi Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Andrew Grieve Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2021 · 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