Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter primary school in Chelmsford (Essex).
Location
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Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School is a academy located in Chelmsford, Essex. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. The Headteacher is Jennifer Lindop.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 138533
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Essex
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (10 current, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Elizabeth Collins | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lucy Burns | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sian Giles | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Revd Simon Pearce | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Adewunmi Dosunmu | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Bola Fasanya | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Carol Eaves Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Jennifer Lindop | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mr Robert Bentley | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Helen Taylor | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Stefan Watson Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Joy Clark Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · 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