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Location

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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

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Richard Curtis Confirmed same personChair of Local Governing BodyAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Penny Folkard Confirmed same personLocal Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professionalsince 2024
Mrs Marianne LightLocal GovernorAppointed by trusteessince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Stephen McGahrenLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Tom GrayLocal GovernorAppointed by trusteessince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Kathryn Fox-CourtmanLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2022 · until 2030
Ms Helen FendleyLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2020
Ms Lisa Marie Cook Confirmed same personLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2017

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