Putnoe Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Bedford (Bedford).
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).Putnoe Primary School is a primary school located in Bedford. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 501 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 630. It is part of the PUTNOE PRIMARY SCHOOL. The school is led by Mr Simon Petch.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Music
- Monster Phonics
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 139519
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (12 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.7 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 Andrew Robert Rivers | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Hermisha Yvonne Nkrumah Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mr Joao Durigon Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Charlotte Suzanne Dunne | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2025 | |
| Miss Emma Jane Shakeshaft Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Jonathan Sanders Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Richard Peck | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 |
| Mrs Donna Neely-Hayes Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Eileen Hoare | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 |
| Mr Anthony Duffy Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 |
| Mr Simon Christopher Petch Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2020 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Elizabeth Barnicoat | Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professional | since 2011 |
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