Southwold Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Southwold (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).Southwold Primary School is a primary school located in Southwold, Suffolk. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 74 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 105. It is part of the CONSORTIUM TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Katy Last.
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 144826
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (5 current, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steve Martin (likely) | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hugh Wolley | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Penny Folkard Confirmed same person | Shared Governance Professional - EstablishmentGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Mr Chris Duke | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Teresa Henshall | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2029 |
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