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Location

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About

Kilnhurst Primary School provides the broadest possible curriculum to expand every child's educational opportunity and achievement. We believe that every day a child spends in school should be a journey of awe and wonder and, more importantly, every day should count.

To create an exciting place to be by providing – through a team approach – a creative, innovative, healthy, safe and caring atmosphere to foster a positive ethos of respect throughout the school, where staff and children feel secure and valued and not afraid of failure to encourage all members of the school community to succeed to ensure that all members of staff are up-to-date with new trends, ideas and strategies and utilise different approaches and stimuli in their lessons in order to encourage, motivate and challenge the children to reach their potential to ensure that all stakeholders have a 'voice' and have the confidence to make a positive contribution to the school 'team'.

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.
  • Drama
  • Music
  • Stem

Key facts

URN
143894
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
Rotherham
Constituency
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2018

Governing body (4 current, 2 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Ms Vanessa DentonChair of Local Governing BodyElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2029
Mr Peter Swatkins FormerChair of Local Governing BodyParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2025 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Reverend Matthew LawesLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Alan JonesLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Antony BoothLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2025
Ms Vanessa Denton FormerLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2025 · term ended 2026

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