Welford-on-Avon Primary School
Community primary school in Stratford-upon-Avon (Warwickshire).
Location
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Welford on Avon Primary is high achieving, larger than average rural primary and nursery school located in the village of Welford on Avon in Warwickshire. The school serves the local community but also draws pupils from surrounding villages.
Our intention is to promote the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils, preparing them at school for their future life responsibilities and experiences.
We encourage every pupil to discover and develop their own skills and abilities, as well as their interests, talents and their own distinctive personalities so they can each achieve their full potential. Our rich educational environment promotes positive attitudes and an ethos where each child is valued and offered every opportunity to succeed.
We see the potential in all children, with emotional wellbeing central to all we achieve. Our school is a happy and vibrant community in which our highly qualified staff have high expectations for the children and strive to bring learning alive in order to nurture and inspire success.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Music
Key facts
- URN
- 125528
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Governing body (9 current, 2 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sally Yates | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kriss Ombler | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Georgie Knight | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Mike Doody | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Marie Salmon | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr William Ham | Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs JO Burn | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sonia Hockaday | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Julie Rose Leeman | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2013 |
| Mrs Yvette Grundy Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Peter Calverley Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
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