Abbotswood Primary School
Community primary school in Bristol (South Gloucestershire).
Location
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I look forward to meeting you and your child and welcoming you to Abbotswood Primary School. I hope this will be the start of a close partnership which will ensure that you and your child have many happy years here with us.
At Abbotswood we aim to provide a rich and varied curriculum so that pupils of all abilities are helped to achieve in a safe, friendly and purposeful environment.
Each child will be given every opportunity to learn to the best of their ability and, through our school values, learn to respect others and treat everyone in our school community with care, courtesy, kindness and tolerance.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Forest School
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Food for LifeRecognised award
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 132199
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2001
Governing body (11 current, 6 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Mary Hutton | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Ian Gill Former | Chair of Governors | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Beth Parkhouse | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Elisha Neal | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Steve Lynch | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Ken Thomas | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Laura Sharpe | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Glen Wood | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Jean Thomas | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Mary Hutton | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Denise Millman | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Rob Cockle | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mrs Elisha Neal Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Ben Morgan Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Ken Thomas Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Paul Blackwell Former | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Jonathan Edwards Former | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
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