Watchfield Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Watchfield (Oxfordshire).
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
Contact Details Watchfield Primary School North Street Watchfield, Oxfordshire SN6 8SD Please note that calls may be recorded for safeguarding, training and monitoring purposes. To contact the Governing Body, please email the school office on the above address and mark: For the attention of the Chair of Governors.
If you would like a paper copy of any information Here you will find, then please speak to the School Office. Contact Details Watchfield Primary School North Street Watchfield
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.- Basketball
- Computing
- Cooking
- Football
- Lego
- Music
- Netball
- Robotics
- Rugby
- Stem
- Tennis
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 140301
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (10 current, 4 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 Aaron Deacon | Chair of Local Governing Body | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Diana Sheldon Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Diana Sheldon | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2028 |
| Joanna Ryan | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Claire Hartley | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Carrie Insley Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Nick Hatcliffe | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mr John Bowen | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Danni Williams | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Yvonne Andrews | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Jude Scutt | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mr Aaron Deacon Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Claire Hartley Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Joanna Ryan Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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