St Day and Carharrack Community School
Foundation primary school in Redruth (Cornwall).
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).Welcome to St Day and Carharrack Primary School Our values of Enjoy, Engage and Excel are the golden threads that run through everything we do and we encourage our children and adults to live this ethos both at school and across their whole lives. Embedded across all aspects of our school are the United Nations Rights of the Child .
These rights are the foundations from which we have built our ambitious, engaging and inclusive curriculum alongside our child-led school charter . By encouraging our children to embrace their rights and responsibilities we empower them to become happy, healthy, kind and respectful citizens - embodying British Values in our local community and beyond.
We truly believe our children are the Change-Makers of tomorrow and we acknowledge our responsibility to equip them with the tools, both academically and holistically, to realise their potential.
We look forward to welcoming you into our caring, supportive and approachable school family - where children are listened to, valued and encouraged to be their authentic self throughout their whole school journey. Take a look around our brand new, regularly updated website - we are incredibly proud of our school and we have so much to celebrate!
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Dance
- Drama
- Stem
- ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)
- Forest School
- Read Write Inc (RWI)
- Restorative Practice
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Book Talk
- Trauma Informed Schools
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 111840
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (10 current, 1 former)
iMaintained school governing body (trust-linked).2 governors are 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 Andrew McFarland | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Helen Bolt | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2025 | |
| Miss Beth Popperwell | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Michelle Salter | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Laura Vallance | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Sally Miners Confirmed same person | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Katie Wild | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Phil Marshall | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Mark Leah | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Susannah Storey Confirmed same person | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2018 |
| Mrs Catherine Gajardo Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | 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