Bishops Castle Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Bishops Castle (Shropshire).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Bishops Castle Primary School is a primary school located in Bishops Castle, Shropshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 136 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 175. It is part of the DIOCESE of HEREFORD MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Rebecca Manning.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 145672
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2018
Governing body (6 current, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canon Andrew Teale Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonnette Blignaught | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Mrs Rebecca Manning | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Kerri Phelps | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Ms Katie Froggatt | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 · until 2028 |
| Mr Jon Hughes | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · until 2030 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 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