Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough
Academy converter primary school in Rochester (Medway).
Location
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We are delighted to welcome you to the Hoo St Werburgh Primary School website and hope that you will find the information on here useful. At our school you will find a caring, happy and safe place of learning, where children develop, progress and achieve their full potential. Our friendly staff team are always on hand to welcome you and answer your questions.
Hoo St Werburgh Primary School is a thriving two form entry community school with a large school nursery which takes children aged two years to four years old. Although we are a large school we still hold onto the small village ethos and the community is at the heart of everything we do. Our school is continually oversubscribed year on year and is in demand in our local area.
The Hoo St Werburgh ethos and values are Courage, Confidence, Respect, Belonging . This applies to all adults and children who come onto our school and is the bases of our behaviour ethos in school.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Forest School
- Kooth
- Times Tables Rock Stars
Key facts
- URN
- 143262
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body (6 current, 5 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Pat Mayo Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Anne Costidell Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lorraine Boffa | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mrs Laura Jane Pilcher | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Morenike Akinola | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Bernadette Zekioglu | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Louise Kennett | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2021 |
| Mrs Felicity Gallacher Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Matthew Brooker Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Lee Costidell Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Sarah Grimshaw Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · 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