Latchmere School
Academy converter primary school in Kingston upon Thames (Kingston upon Thames).
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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Latchmere School is a primary school located in Kingston upon Thames. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 728 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 816. It is part of the LATCHMERE ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Carolyn Coles.
Enrichment
12 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Coding
- Computing
- Multi-Sports
- Music
- Swimming
- Philosophy for Children (P4C)
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Letters and Sounds
- Little Wandle
- Reading Spine
- Attachment Aware Schools
- Trauma Informed Schools
Awards
6 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ArtsmarkArts and culture
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
- Leading Parent Partnership AwardWorking with families
- Primary Science Quality MarkScience
- Music MarkMusic
- Sing UpRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 138689
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Constituency
- Richmond Park
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (11 current, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Hill | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Pye | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Kin Pong Ho | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Scott Berry | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Tom Early | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Jo Franklin | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Megan Murray Jones | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Venus Chan | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Joshua Ayres | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Carolyn Coles Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Clare Blake | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2015 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 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