Great Finborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Voluntary controlled primary school in Stowmarket (Suffolk).
Location
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Welcome to the Great Finborough Church Primary School website. We are a popular and successful village church school that welcomes children from both our catchment area (Great Finborough and Buxhall) and from the wider local area. We are committed to ensuring that every child meets their full potential both academically and socially.
This is achieved through providing high quality teaching and stimulating learning environments that are safe and nurturing, while providing the appropriate level of challenge to enable our children to learn new skills. As a school we put great emphasis on ensuring all our pupils make the most progress possible in the vital skills of reading, writing and maths.
At the same time our curriculum is enriched with carefully planned educational visits and a range of different learning opportunities and activities.
Enrichment activities include, for example, cricket and gymnastics, trips to venues supporting classroom learning, such as Sutton Hoo when studying Anglo Saxons or Woodbridge Tide Mill for cogs and pulleys, music workshops and an annual residential trip to an area such as West Wales.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 124732
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (10 current, 0 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Liam Page | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Karen Harman | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Anna Elliss | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Lesley Michelle Dickins | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Harriet Caroline Elliss | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Judith Kemp | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Liam Page | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2028 |
| Ms Angela Gray | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| The Revd Sarah Jenkins | Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2021 |
| Mr Stephen Dodd | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2007 |
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