John Wood School & Nursery
Academy sponsor led primary school in Croydon (Croydon).
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).John Wood School & Nursery is a primary school located in Croydon. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 325 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 484. It is part of the CHANCERY EDUCATION TRUST. The school is led by Miss Julie Davis.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Forest School
- Retrieval Practice
Key facts
- URN
- 142610
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body (5 current, 2 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 Roy Wilson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Tiah Grant | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Rebekkah Howlett | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Koya Bakarey | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Julie Davis Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mr Josiah Calugay Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mr Daley Brooker Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | 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