Wookey Primary School
Community primary school in Wells (Somerset).
Location
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Welcome to Wookey Primary School, where our motto really means something: we are committed to working together to learn and improve as a team of children, parents, staff, governors and the local village community of Wookey. We know that for children to achieve their best we all need to share successes, ideas and challenges.
By supporting and listening to each other, we learn to raise standards and expectations, ensuring that children leave our school as ambitious, independent, resilient and kind young people. I have worked at this school since 2011 (as Headteacher since February 2025), watching it evolve and find its character over the years. Excitingly, it has developed rapidly in recent months.
The improvements we have made with our curriculum provision, our playtimes and our relational policy have led to significant and meaningful changes. Our families and staff are fully and positively committed to the school and we are all very proud to share our values and vision with anyone coming to visit us.
Please enjoy looking around our website to find out a little more and, even better, make an appointment to come and meet us to see and get a feel for the team in action.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Chess
- Cross Country
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 123669
- 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
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Governing body (9 current, 1 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Claire Wray | Chair of Governors | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alyson Mair | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Simon Balderson | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Helen Gray | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Rachael Venour | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Amy Donald | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sam Fisher | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sarah Ham | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Laurie Davies | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Ms Rachel Boulderstone Former | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
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