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About

'I have come that you might have life, life in all its fullness' . Welcome to St Andrew's CE Primary School and Nursery. The primary education you choose for your child is one of the most important decisions you, as parents and carers, will make.

Thank you for choosing St Andrew's. At St Andrew's we do recognise that we are in a very privileged position to have the future development of your child entrusted to us. You can trust us implicitly to take extremely good care of your child.

Our basic aim is to make sure that we give the children who choose to come to St Andrew's the very best experiences, opportunities and education possible so that they can develop to the best of their ability.

We aim to provide a wide range of learning experiences that will excite, challenge, stimulate and promote thinking and learning in order to develop well educated, articulate people with open and enquiring minds who can think for themselves and who will be able to adapt and meet the changes and challenges of life in the 21st century.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Awards

2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
  • Primary Science Quality MarkScience

Key facts

URN
144690
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
3 to 11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Rochdale
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2017

Governing body (11 current, 3 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Councillor Ashley DearnleyChair of Local Governing BodyAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · until 2029

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Rebecca McNultyLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Muriel GottLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Caroline GrahamLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Adrian WoodheadLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr John TaylorLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Revd Rachel BattershellLocal GovernorEx-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold)since 2017
Mrs Cynthia GilesLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2017 · until 2029
Mr Paul LynchLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2017 · until 2029
Councillor Ashley DearnleyLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2017 · until 2029
Headteacher Mrs Judith RainfordLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2010
Mr Amir Khan FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · term ended 2026
Mrs Ciara Hartley FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2019 · term ended 2026
Mrs Victoria Clark FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2019 · term ended 2026

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