Allington Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Maidstone (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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Allington Primary School is a primary school located in Maidstone, Kent. The school caters for boys and girls aged 5 to 11 and currently has 468 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 420. It is part of the ORCHARD ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs C Howson.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Forest School
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy Eating AwardRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 139096
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (9 current, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Denise Elaine Burgess | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Emma Burton-Grange | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Daniel Eric Plaiche | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sonal Redgrove | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Anne Elizabeth Mailing Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Ramakrishna Goud Peeta | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Lucy Rose Duckett | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Yetunde Nneka Nwogu | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Carolyn Louise Howson Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2016 |
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