Mendham Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Harleston (Suffolk).
Location
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CEOP --> Small schools, huge ambitions Small schools, huge ambitions Small schools, huge ambitions Small schools, huge ambitions Small schools, huge ambitions Group 471 Group 472 CEOP Welcome to the Waveney Valley Partnership Federation of Schools Thank you for visiting our website.
We hope the information available here will be useful to existing parents and carers, and to those who are looking to bring their children to our schools, Mendham Primary School and Nursery and St Edmunds Primary School and Nursery.
Both schools are situated in the beautiful countryside of the Waveney Valley in Norfolk; close to the river Waveney and bustling market towns of Harleston, Eye and Diss. Our schools have over 80 pupils, each unique and important.
Our dedicated staff team are committed to ensuring our pupils have the best education possible through a range of different teaching opportunities and extra-curricular activities. We are one big family at Waveney Valley Partnership of Schools, where our older children look out for our younger children; we learn and play together.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 143069
- 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
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body (5 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 governors are linked to a profile (1 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
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steve Martin (likely) | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susan Wallis | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Penny Folkard Confirmed same person | Shared Governance Professional - EstablishmentGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Mrs Rachel Chettleburgh | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Iain Kimber | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2030 |
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