Aveley Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in South Ockendon (Thurrock).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Aveley Primary School is a primary school located in South Ockendon, Thurrock. The school caters for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 and currently has 434 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 446. It is part of the CATALYST ACADEMIES TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Sinead Viner.
Key facts
- URN
- 146818
- 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
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- Thurrock
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2019
Governing body (10 current, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christian Mather | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Angela Tara Frankland Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Daiana Dobrescu | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2028 |
| Ms Ally-anne Everest | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Fikayo Haastrup-Sode | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Marion Kidney | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Ebrahim Ali | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Victoria Mehmet | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Sinead Viner | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2021 |
| Mrs Samantha Oxley | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2018 |
| Mrs Samantha Wakeling | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2018 |
| Ms Rita Ajidagba Former | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Keith Williams Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Helen Rice Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Christian Mather Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Ben Read Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Charlotte Hughes Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · 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