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Location

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About

of School, Demelza Higginson A very warm welcome to Heathcoat Primary School and thank you looking at our website. At its heart, Heathcoat Primary is about helping our pupils to succeed.

We want children to acquire and embed the values, skills, qualities and characteristics that will help them to be happy and to succeed on their learning journey whilst with us as well as when they leave us. We are an inclusive school and it is part of our school's ethos to welcome every child and every family in exactly the same way.

We work hard to form a strong and trusting relationship with every parent/carer and child. We seek to inspire and challenge every pupil, in order to help them to fully develop their character, confidence, sense of compassion and to become determined to achieve their full potential in all that they choose to do.

At Heathcoat we also value hugely the relationships that we have developed with the other schools around us and, in particular, Rackenford C of E VA Primary School with whom we federated in January 2017.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

14 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Friends of Heathcoat School
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • Forest Schools at HPS
  • HPS Eco Warriors 2023-2024
  • HPS School Council 2023-2024
  • Physical Education
  • The Learning Pit
  • DFE link
  • Forest School
  • Real PE (Create Development)
  • Accelerated Reader
  • Numbots
  • Reading Spine

Key facts

URN
113343
Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
Ages
3 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Governing body (7 current, 8 former)

Maintained school governing body.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Miss Flora WoodChair of GovernorsAppointed by LAsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Flora Wood FormerChair of GovernorsAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2025 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Philip BarlowGovernorEx-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold)since 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Helen HylandGovernorEx-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold)since 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Hannah GleesonGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Carly WilkinsGovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2026 · until 2026 ends 2026
Mrs Paula HempsteadGovernorElected by school staffsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Jill LarcombeGovernance Professional - FederationGovernance professionalsince 2025
Mrs Flora Wood FormerGovernorAppointed by LAsince 2026 · term ended 2026
Mrs Emma Victoria Weaver FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Miss Demelza Higginson FormerGovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mrs Ruth Alphey FormerGovernorElected by school staffsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mrs Emily Jane Pitkin FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2025
Miss Emily Budden FormerGovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mr Giles Greenslade FormerGovernorElected by parentssince 2024 · term ended 2026

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