Thomas Barnes Primary School
Foundation primary school in Tamworth (Staffordshire).
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).Thomas Barnes Primary School is a primary school located in Tamworth, Staffordshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 104 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 105. It is part of the Tame Valley Co-Operative Learning Trust. The school is led by Mr Chris Reilly.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Music
- Accelerated Reader
- Forest School
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- School Games MarkSport
Key facts
- URN
- 124087
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (11 current, 1 former)
iMaintained school governing body (trust-linked).2 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Karen Burnham | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Paul Nolan Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Hannah Bird | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lindsay Welsh | Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Charlotte Warrington | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Karen Burnham | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Kirsti Clifford | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Alice Standley | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Katherine Britnell | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Daniel Fox | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Samantha Plant | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Headteacher Christopher Reilly Confirmed same person | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
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