Reffley Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in King's Lynn (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
Welcome to Reffley Academy. I hope our website gives you an insight into our school. I feel very lucky to be Head at Reffley Academy and have the pleasure of working with the staff, pupils, parents and local community. Reffley Academy is an exciting place to work and we are proud of our staff, pupils and their successes.
We have key values that underpin every part of Reffley and what we do. We aspire to have happy, confident and knowledgeable children with a passion for lifelong learning. We expect all children to treat each other with respect.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Choir
- Computing
- Music
Key facts
- URN
- 144884
- 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
- Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (8 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.3 governors are 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.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Curtis Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Penny Folkard Confirmed same person | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Mrs Marianne Light | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Stephen McGahren | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Tom Gray | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Kathryn Fox-Courtman | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Ms Helen Fendley | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Ms Lisa Marie Cook Confirmed same person | 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