Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery
Academy sponsor led primary school in Newbury (West Berkshire).
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).Fir Tree Primary School and Nursery is a primary school located in Newbury, West Berkshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 242 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 240. It is part of the NEWBURY ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr Michael Steer.
Enrichment
19 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Athletics
- Band
- Choir
- Coding
- Computing
- Cricket
- Dance
- Dodgeball
- Football
- Mindfulness
- Music
- Rounders
- Rugby
- Sewing
- Stem
and 3 more
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
- Nurturing Schools AwardRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 139081
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (7 current, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hugo Edward Bailey Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Susana Ramos Viegas de Almeida Carvalho | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Sandra Maher | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Nicholas Phillip Blair | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sarah Walton | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Jennifer Pharoah | Shared Governance Professional - EstablishmentGovernance professional | since 2025 | |
| Dr Alison Jane Mitchell Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dr Charlotte Wilson Confirmed same person | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2012 · until 2052 |
| Mrs Subah Akhtar Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Hugo Edward Bailey Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Natasha Amanda Purcell Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Karen Mary Osmond Former | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Elected by school staff | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
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