Cumberland Infant School
Community primary school in Southsea (Portsmouth).
Location
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Methuen Road, Southsea, Hants PO4 9HJ School starts at 8.45 am and finishes at 3.15pm Total time at school a week -32 hours and 30 minutes to be a safe, happy and nurturing environment, inspiring our children to develop their skills, confidence and enjoyment of life and learning through our School's ethos and learning values.
C - Care I - Inspire S - Succeed We wanted the children of Cumberland to be at the very heart of our new ethos - so, we asked them to design a logo for it! We asked children for keywords of what they associated with Cumberland, and this was our starting point. H ere are some of their ideas. A parent very kindly offered to use these ideas and create a final design - see below!
Methuen Road, Southsea, Hants PO4 9HJ School starts at 8.45 am and finishes at 3.15pm Total time at school a week -32 hours and 30 minutes
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
19 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Band
- Basketball
- Choir
- Cricket
- Dance
- Football
- Gardening
- Gymnastics
- Karate
- Lego
- Mindfulness
- Music
- Netball
- Rugby
- Stem
and 3 more
Key facts
- URN
- 116192
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (11 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jenny Watkins | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Andrea Wright | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Liam Harradine | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Emily Osborn | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Ellie Harris | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Roger Draheim | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Michelle Juchau | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Dr Yvonne Davis | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Carys Reckless | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Susan Brown | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Rebecca Herbert | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Mrs Clare Hall Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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