St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Academy converter primary school in Rochdale (Rochdale).
Location
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'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
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Councillor Ashley Dearnley | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Rebecca McNulty | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Ms Muriel Gott | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Caroline Graham | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Adrian Woodhead | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr John Taylor | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Revd Rachel Battershell | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2017 |
| Mrs Cynthia Giles | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Mr Paul Lynch | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Councillor Ashley Dearnley | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · until 2029 |
| Headteacher Mrs Judith Rainford | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2010 |
| Mr Amir Khan Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Ciara Hartley Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Victoria Clark Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · term ended 2026 |
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