Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Market Harborough (Leicestershire).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School is a Church of England primary school located in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 138 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 157. It is part of the LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Rebecca Blagburn.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Stem
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 138359
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (8 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 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
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hill Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2028 |
| Mr Richard Moor Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Fellows | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Rebecca Blagburn Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Dr Julie Jones | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Felicity Pleydell | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Revd Hilary Corcoran | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2021 |
| Ms Sarah Hill Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Marianne Quinsee | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Anne Wilson Former | Local Governor | Persons who are appointed by the foundation body or sponsor (if applicable) | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Chela Grainge Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · 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