Fulston Manor School
Academy converter secondary school in Sittingbourne (Kent).
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).Fulston Manor School is a secondary school located in Sittingbourne, Kent. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,325 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,104. It is part of the FULSTON MANOR ACADEMIES TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Susie Burden.
Enrichment
6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Dance
- Drama
- Mindfulness
- Photography
- Textiles
- Accelerated Reader
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 136324
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2010
Governing body (8 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 governors are linked to a profile (1 confirmed, 1 (likely)).
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 Frederique Lane Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Blundell | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Cardo Plummer | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Tom Morgan | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Nicholas Freeman | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr William Rathje-Morris | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Michelle Smith | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2023 | |
| Ms Lucy Caulfeild-Browne | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Susie Burden (likely) | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Mr Michael Hall Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Kayleigh Arthurs Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 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