Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School
Voluntary controlled primary school in Royston (Cambridgeshire).
Location
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In 1867 the Vicar of the Parish, William Martin, started a church day school, having obtained a government grant and financial support from New College and Lord Hardwicke. A classroom was added in 1872 and by 1880 average attendance was between 95 and 120.
In the 1890s, evening classes in subjects including: drawing, history, and commercial arithmetic, were held but attendance fell from 41 in 1894 to 16 in 1898. The day schools attendance fell from 85 in 1914 to 63 in 1922 and then to 30 in 1938.
This would have been partly to do with a council school being built in Odsey, north of the railway station, in 1911 for 80 children, but this also declined in attendance from 61 in 1914 to around 30 after 1925. From 1954, the older children from both schools went to Bassingbourn Village College.
The Odsey school was closed in 1972, when the village school, with over 90 pupils, needed additional buildings. We now have around 160 pupils on roll, split across seven classes; with a maximum of 30 children per class.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Awards
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Key facts
- URN
- 110793
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (11 current, 4 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ann Lynn | Chair of Governors | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Gillian McGuire | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Michaela Griffiths | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Leanne Holt | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Gabrielle Edwards | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Deborah Littlefair | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Father Samuel Perez | Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2024 |
| Mrs Faye Meridew | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Alexandra Housden | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mrs Coralie Wheatley | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Victoria Hutter | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Sarah Almond Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Miss Lucy Helen Nightingale Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr George Lynn Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Watts Former | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2019 · term ended 2026 |
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