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About

At our school, everyone is known, valued, and cared for. Our small numbers mean that all staff know all our children personally, and are proud of seeing them develop as they move through the school.

We put wellbeing at the heart of everything we do — we run every day, love being outdoors at break and lunch, and learn outdoors through the Wonder Woods, Forest School and Outdoor Learning provisions. We learn British Sign Language, helping us to communicate, include and celebrate everyone.

Healthy eating is an important part of our school life too, keeping us energised and ready to learn. All our classes enjoy a wide range of opportunities both within and outside the school grounds, including taking part in an exciting variety of sporting events throughout the year both within school and further afield.

Our gates are open between 8.40am to 8.50am. During this time children arrive and walk to their classroom where they are able to organise themselves and begin independent learning. A member of the school staff will always be available to talk to at this time. Registration is at 8:50am and all children must be on site by this time.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

14 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Computing
  • Cricket
  • Dance
  • Football
  • Gymnastics
  • Music
  • Rounders
  • Rugby
  • Stem
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Forest School

Key facts

URN
136539
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
2 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Setting
Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2011

Governing body (15 current, 8 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

16 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

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Simon John Hardy Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Damien Hewitt Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Michelle Griffiths Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Stephen Axford Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Elizabeth Robinson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Adrian WelchMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025
Mrs Jane WelchMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025
Mrs Jennifer Lyons Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024
Mr Hugh Ponsford Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2029
Mrs Grace Wilkinson Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2028
Mrs Rachel McVeighChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2022
Mrs Lynne Mercer Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2020
Mrs Lynne Mercer Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2020
Mr Robert McVeighMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2020
Mr Simon Hardy Confirmed same person FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mrs Kathleena McDonagh Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · term ended 2025
Mr Paul Cross Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · term ended 2025
Mrs Claire Estelle Marshall Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · term ended 2025
Miss Emma Jane Howe Confirmed same person FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · term ended 2025
Mr Stuart Wright Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2022 · term ended 2025
Mrs Lois Matthews Confirmed same person FormerMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2025
Mr Simon John Hardy Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Linda BrennanGovernance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professionalsince 2025

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