St Katharine's CofE Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Marlborough (Wiltshire).
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
St. Katharine's Church of England primary school is a primary school set in the beautiful and unique location of Savernake forest, drawing many of our number on roll from beyond our catchment area. We currently have 97 children on roll aged 4-11 who come from a range of villages and hamlets in the surrounding area.
We have 4 classes: Hazel (reception/ EYFS) only, Oak (Year 1 2 Key Stage 1), Chestnut (Year 3 4 lower Key Stage 2) and Sycamore (Year 5 6 upper Key Stage 2).
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Forest School
- Pie Corbett
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 144454
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (12 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.2 governors are linked to a profile (1 confirmed, 1 (likely)).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Lydon-Strutt Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Ling | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Kate Betts | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Dr Anna Speed | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Kevin Sandall | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Patrick Waller | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Hilary Twentyman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Tamsyn Kerr | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Tom Fortune | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Dr Caroline James | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Ms Niki Jones | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Martin Bull | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2017 | |
| Lucinda Floyd Former | Local Governor | Persons who are appointed by the foundation body or sponsor (if applicable) | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Jim Lee (likely) Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | 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