New Close Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Warminster (Wiltshire).
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 New Close Primary School. It is my pleasure and privilege to be Head of this small school set in the heart of Warminster. New Close is a loving, caring and inclusive community where we respect, appreciate and support each other and our environment.
Our aim is to create a positive learning environment where the children and their families are at the heart of everything we do. With the support of the Acorn Education Trust, which we joined in November 2017, New Close has transformed its learning environment, classrooms and curriculum. As a result of this extensive work, New Close was graded 'good' by OFSTED in March 2022.
Our Early Years classrooms and outdoor learning area has been completely refurbished and extended. Within this we offer a nursery provision as well as our reception class. Not only are we proud of our Early Years environment, but we also are proud of our ability to offer continuous provision and tailored grouped teaching within this setting.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Dance
- Music
- Swimming
- Taekwondo
- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 144995
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (4 current, 2 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Gillian Maddocks Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Mandy Mitchell | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr John Bullen | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Katie Pope | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Hannah Anderson Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Ryan Bird Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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