Rothwell Victoria Infant School
Academy converter primary school in Kettering (North Northamptonshire).
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).Rothwell Victoria Infant School is a primary school located in Kettering, North Northamptonshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 7 and currently has 268 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 438. It is part of the INMAT. The school is led by Maria Barker.
Enrichment
20 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Athletics
- Computing
- Cooking
- Cricket
- Cross Country
- Dance
- Dodgeball
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Mindfulness
- Music
- Rugby
- Stem
- Swimming
and 4 more
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Stonewall School ChampionLGBT+ inclusion
- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 140061
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (5 current, 8 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Fairbain Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Catherine Ellen Fairbairn Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Brooks Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Angela Griffiths Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Duncan McAlpine Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Helen Williams Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Katherine Wareham | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2025 | |
| Samantha Roberts Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Patrick Bugg Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Partick Bugg Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Maria Barker Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Samantha Roberts Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2025 |
| Kate Wareham Former | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2014 · 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