Garvestone Community Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Norwich (Norfolk).
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).Garvestone Community Primary School is a primary school located in Norwich, Norfolk. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 59 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 52. It is part of the UNITY EDUCATION TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Michelle Farnan.
Enrichment
5 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Drama
- Music
- Forest School
- Oak National Academy
- Power of Reading
Key facts
- URN
- 144315
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (8 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.
Governors
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Victoria Norris | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Elizabeth Bailey | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Alex Dolby | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Andrew Mason | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2023 |
| Ms Laura Reeve | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Joanne Thompson | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2023 |
| Mr Glyn Hambling Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2019 |
| Mrs Michelle Farnan | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
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