St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School
Academy converter primary school in Bedford (Bedford).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School is a Roman Catholic primary school located in Bedford. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 328 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 525. It is part of the Our LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST Ltd. The school is led by Mrs Gemma Otter.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Music
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 139547
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (4 current, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ilona Bond Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by academy members | since 2020 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Mechelle Claxton | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2029 |
| Ms Isi Olunwa | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Giancarlo Niro | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Michael Fincham Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
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