Westmeads Community Infant School
Community primary school in Whitstable (Kent).
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 Westmeads Community Infants School "Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all" Welcome to our website! We appreciate you taking the time to find out about us and our school. Here at Westmeads Community Infant School, we aim to give our amazing pupils the very best start to their educational journey.
Our intent focuses on the high expectations we have of everyone and our belief that everyone has the ability to succeed. Our core values of independence, love, curiosity, kindness, perseverance and equity run through everything we do and are the foundations of the school; shaping our curriculum and pedagogy, and guiding our behaviours and attitudes to learning.
Westmeads is an exciting place – and our best assets are our families. Buzzing with energy, the children are at the heart of everything we do, and meeting their needs is our main focus.
We strongly believe that our community is very much part of our school and that our families are our children's co-educators, so we invite you to be involved in every step of your child's school journey.
Enrichment
9 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Dance
- Music
- Cooking
- Rugby
- Essential Letters and Sounds
- Forest School
- Kapow Primary
- Letters and Sounds
- White Rose Maths
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
Key facts
- URN
- 118363
- 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
- Kent
- Constituency
- Canterbury
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (7 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Loynes | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Beverley Procter | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Sarah Manley | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Elizabeth Hornby | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Julia Riese | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Daniel Hall | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Kirsty White | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2021 |
| Penny Kirby 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