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Location

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About

Providing a nurturing and inclusive environment, alongside a challenging and inspiring learning experience, where all work together to support children in reaching their full potential and achieving well deserved success.

When you step inside our school, you will find an exciting environment of creativity and discovery, where children's natural curiosity is stimulated and their capacity to learn is nurtured. We are very proud of our ethos, which provides a supportive, family atmosphere with an emphasis on ensuring that our children are happy and confident individuals who love coming to school.

At Godinton Primary School, our team works hard to provide every child with a well-rounded education, enabling them to reach their full potential and succeed wherever their strengths and skills may lie. We strive for academic excellence in our pupils but believe that this should be delivered alongside an enriching and creative curriculum.

Our excellent team of teachers and teaching assistants provide the children with a wonderfully enriching curriculum designed to foster a love of learning.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

16 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Climbing
  • Computing
  • Creative Writing
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Football
  • Gardening
  • Gymnastics
  • Music
  • Photography
  • Swimming
  • Forest School
  • Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC)
  • Mathletics
  • OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning)

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Food for LifeRecognised award

Key facts

URN
141754
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
Kent
Constituency
Ashford
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2015

Governing body (17 current, 4 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

13 governors are linked to a profile (12 confirmed, 1 (likely)).

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

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Alex Ward Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Robert Wellard Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026
Mr Robert Wellard Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Steve King (likely)TrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr James William Finn Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Mark Idris John Bibey Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Amanda Stevenson Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2025
Mr Samuel Messenger Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2025
Mrs Doreene GilbertMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Mrs Dora Alexandra Grant Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Ivor James Duffy Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2023
Mrs Rachael Louise Dray Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2022 · until 2030
Mrs Kelly Anne Holden-Smith Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2017 · until 2029
Miss Jillian Talbot Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2017
Miss Jillian Talbot Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2017
Mr Stephen James PhillipsMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2016
Mrs Claire WilliamsChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2015
Mr Robert Wellard Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · term ended 2026
Mr Steve King (likely) FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · term ended 2026
Miss Karen Rosemary Ward Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr Steve King (likely) FormerMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2016 · 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