Oliver's Battery Primary and Nursery School
Community primary school in Winchester (Hampshire).
Location
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Olivers Battery Primary and Nursery School is a happy, thriving community where everybody is welcome and everybody belongs. Our children are confident learners who are engaged and motivated to achieve through challenging, supportive and creative teaching. Welcome to our lovely school.
Whether you are just browsing or are looking to join our school, I hope you will find all you are looking for Here you will find. If you are new to the community, we will do our very best to ensure you feel welcome and know that we will endeavour to work closely with you over the forthcoming years.
Our children are proud of their school and all the things that make it so special. We are very fortunate to have superb outdoor spaces, enriching classrooms, strong links with partnership schools, a fun, engaging and broad curriculum, our own forest schools and some of the best teachers and support staff!
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.- Music
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 116046
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Constituency
- Winchester
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (5 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Cathy Farrand | Chair of Governors | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2025 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Malcolm Robinson | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Stacey King | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Becky Morris | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Christine O'Dea | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Jason Hemsted Former | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Alan Jordan Former | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2022 · 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