St Neot Community Primary School
Community primary school in Liskeard (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
Parents are our most important partners and we look forward to getting to know you and your child as you start on this exciting journey with us. We value our parent's contributions and believe that home and nursery working together in partnership can provide the best possible learning experiences for your child.
Together we achieve a vibrant, safe, yet challenging community which recognises the uniqueness of individual learners and promotes independent learning and the ability to explore our potential as active citizens of the future. To bring the world to our children, which will in turn prepare them to go into the world.
To provide exciting and stimulating experiences which will inspire an ethos of enquiry and creativity. The learning through play theory is an educational approach that uses play to help children learn and develop their physical, social, emotional and intellectual skills through doing and talking, which research has shown to be the means by which young children learn to think.
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.- Choir
- Climbing
- Coding
- Computing
- Dance
- Drama
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Music
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
- 111964
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (10 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jaime Straker | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Asemokhai Yakubu | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sarah Louise Bennett | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Linda Jane Cackett | Governance Professional - Local Authority Maintained SchoolGovernance professional | since 2026 | |
| Mrs Diana Smith | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Rachel Kent | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Philip Sumner | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Jaime Straker | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Monika Hanzlikova | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Samantha Jane Bowden | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2016 |
| Mrs Nicola Tamblyn Former | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Sue Robbins Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
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