Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Northwich (Cheshire West and Chester).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School is a primary school located in Northwich, Cheshire West and Chester. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 490 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 505. It is part of the WEAVER TRUST LIMITED. The school is led by Miss Sara Albiston.
Enrichment
11 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Book Club
- Choir
- Computing
- Cooking
- Dodgeball
- Football
- Gardening
- Gymnastics
- Lego
- Mindfulness
Key facts
- URN
- 144058
- 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
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Tatton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (7 current, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Julie Brandreth | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Rebecca Jones | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Rebecca Wieckowski | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Chris Coghlan | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Sara Albiston | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mrs Sara Frith | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Tom Shubrook | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Ms Erin Rees Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Denise Coy Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Rosemary Charlton Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | 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