Hartest Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Bury St Edmunds (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).Hartest Church of England Primary School is a Church of England primary school located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 41 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 105. It is part of the St EDMUNDSBURY and IPSWICH DIOCESAN MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Amanda Woolmer.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Friends of Hartest
- Clubs and Wrap Around Care
- School Houses
- Teaching of Phonics Reading
- Classes Hedgehogs
- Squirrels
- Kestrels
- Forest School
- Maths Mastery
- Read Write Inc (RWI)
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
- 144215
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- South Suffolk
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (9 current, 1 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 foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Philippa Gladstone | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Amanda Woolmer | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Andrew Blit Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Any additional members appointed by the members of the academy trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Isobel Burroughs | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Emma Long | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Karen Temple-Nidd | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Lucy Moore | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Alexis Land | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr John Watts Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · 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