Townlands Church of England Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Leicester (Leicestershire).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Townlands Church of England Primary School is a Church of England primary school located in Leicester, Leicestershire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 277 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 420. It is part of the TOWNLANDS C of E PRIMARY ACADEMY. The school is led by Mrs Sarah-Louise Martinson & Anne Hawksley Co Headteachers.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Accelerated Reader
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 141630
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (14 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.15 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 Tara Marie Hawkins Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Michael James Beers Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Alex Purkiss Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Louisa Collidge Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by trustees | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Marie Noble Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by trustees | since 2024 |
| Mrs Rachael Johnson Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Anne Katherine Hawksley Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Anne Hawksley Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2023 | |
| Mrs Sarah Louise Martinson Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Tracey Ann Pallatt Confirmed same person | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mrs Rachael Johnson Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2020 |
| Revd Martin Castle Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2020 |
| Mrs Mary Statham Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2016 |
| Directors Director of Education Leicester Diocesan Board of Education | MemberTrust members | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2015 |
| Mrs Emma Freeman Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Any additional members appointed by the members of the academy trust | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Dawn Harvey Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Jane Cornwell Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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