Queen's Crescent School
Academy converter primary school in Chippenham (Wiltshire).
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).Queen's Crescent School is a primary school located in Chippenham, Wiltshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 415 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 420. It is part of the PICKWICK ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mr James Essam.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Music
- Forest School
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 141272
- 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
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2014
Governing body (14 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 Michelle Still | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Daniel Linde Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Nikoletta Olvaso | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Peter Cousins | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Ben Butterfield | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Ross Pascoe | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Jack Daniels | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Jak Chambers | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Nikita Reid | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr James Self | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Emma Kain | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Dan Barrington-Wilding | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2030 |
| Mr Paul Brewster | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Edd Parsons | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr James Essam Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
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