Long Melford Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Sudbury (Suffolk).
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).Long Melford Church of England Primary School is a Church of England primary school located in Sudbury, Suffolk. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 219 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the St EDMUNDSBURY and IPSWICH DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Amanda Woolmer.
Enrichment
5 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Book Club
- Lego
- Letters and Sounds
- Little Wandle
- Maths Mastery
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
Key facts
- URN
- 143147
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body (12 current, 0 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 Cheryl Morgan | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Anne-Marie Russell | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Ricky Lang | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Hannah Gardner | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Abigail Osborne | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lynn Turner | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Andrew Etall | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr John Watts | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Chris Badger | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Andrew Blit Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Amanda Woolmer | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2016 |
| The Revd Matthew Lawson | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2016 |
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