Northdown Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Margate (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
Share This Page Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share on X Share on X Email this page Welcome I d like to extend a warm welcome to you and your children to Northdown Primary School!
It is a pleasure to see so many of our existing families and many new faces who chose to put their trust in our school to provide an education that is created to build upon your children's hopes and dreams for the future. Choosing your child's first school is never an easy task, and is made even more difficult in our current climate.
I always say to parents that a child's first experiences of school will form an everlasting footprint in their approach to education in the future. With that knowledge, I challenge my team to create an experience tailored to individual development stages to ensure every child has the best possible opportunity to succeed.
In a sense, we recognise the individual pathways children will travel to discover who they are and who they want to be in the future. It is our responsibility to nurture and facilitate this exciting journey.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Dance
- Lego
- Numicon
Key facts
- URN
- 138434
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- East Thanet
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (7 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jack Packman | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Francesca Davies | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Julia Fuller | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Wayne Beech | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Christina Goldsmith | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sally Potter | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Matthew Harris | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
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