Charfield Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Wotton-Under-Edge (South Gloucestershire).
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
"Castle School Education Trust is committed to high quality education across the primary, secondary and sixth form key stages. Our schools cover the South Gloucestershire area. We encourage independence within each school within a strong framework of values." Charfield Primary is a small and friendly school set in beautiful grounds in the centre of Charfield village.
Our aim is to inspire, ignite and encourage a passion for lifelong learning, sparking curiosity, promoting creativity and nurturing developing passions to ensure that our children grow and thrive on their journey through school.
We celebrate students' success, both academic and personal, helping to develop self-confidence and self-esteem and are passionate about developing each child as an individual.
Our dedicated team of staff put our children's best interests at the heart of everything they do and they work hard to ensure children remain challenged, motivated and engaged with their learning throughout their time with us. We welcome visitors to the school so please contact us for an appointment.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
12 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Choir
- Cooking
- Cross Country
- Drama
- Football
- Lego
- Music
- Netball
- Sewing
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 139935
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (7 current, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Dawn Wright Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donna-Marie Moore | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Michelle Engley | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Laura Lewis | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Andrew Parsons | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Joe Docherty | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Dawn Wright Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Ruby Geddes Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Rhona Allgood Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Anne-Marie Whaley Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · 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