Faringdon Community College
Academy converter secondary school in Faringdon (Oxfordshire).
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
Faringdon Community College Discover More A warm welcome from Faringdon Community College I am delighted to introduce you to Faringdon Community College and give you a flavour of the ethos and culture that makes this such a special place to learn and work. Students, staff, and parents are incredibly proud of their school.
Faringdon Community College is a very popular, high achieving, 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school situated on the edge of Faringdon, a picturesque market town in rural Oxfordshire. The school occupies a large attractively landscaped site with an excellent range of specialist accommodation and facilities.
We are a values-based organisation that places students at the heart of everything that we do. We believe in kindness, working to the best of our ability and thoroughly enjoying school. On Friday 5 December, our Sixth Form students had the opportunity to welcome Cha... FCC is appealing for donations to fill 100 shoeboxes for people without permanen...
Faringdon Community College students are celebrating their Religious Education G... Faringdon Community College is proud to announce the appointment of Lisa Barker... Faringdon Community College - Open Evening - Thursday 2 October - From 5.30pm
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Dance
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Textiles
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 137993
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (7 current, 7 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is 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
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Sarah Church Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Paul Ray Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Stallard | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Ann Joseph | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Ben Henley | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Cheryl Lingard | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Samantha Fountain | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Paul Ray | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2028 |
| Ms Sarah Church Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Gillian Day Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Kathleen Thomas Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Samantha Gould Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Gwenda Jane Hulse Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Dr Jane Braddy Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · term ended 2026 |
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