Purfleet Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Purfleet-on-Thames (Thurrock).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Purfleet Primary Academy is a primary school located in Purfleet-on-Thames, Thurrock. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 610 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 630. It is part of the REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr Eugene Samuel.
Enrichment
6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Athletics
- Badminton
- Cross Country
- Dodgeball
- Letters and Sounds
- Oxford Reading Tree
Key facts
- URN
- 139380
- 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
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- Thurrock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart Norman Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2015 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mohammad Omar Sharif | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Raisa Mihai | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Louise Ajumobi-Obe | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Francis Curley | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Eugene Samuel | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Mr Mark Borrell | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2014 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Sims | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2014 · until 2029 |
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