St Pancras Catholic Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Ipswich (Suffolk).
Location
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Welcome to St Pancras Catholic Primary School. We are a one-form entry Catholic Primary serving children in the west side of Ipswich. We are proud to be part of the Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Academy Trust, along with six other primary schools and two secondary schools; St Alban's High School in Ipswich and St Benedicts Catholic School in Bury St Edmunds.
If you would like further information about the Trust vision and values, please go to the Trust website - Our school is very much aligned with the Trust's mission statement of Christ at the Centre, Children at the Heart.
Family and community are very important for us and we pride ourselves on being a family-orientated school, where children feel safe, loved, valued and nurtured by the adults who care for them each day.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ArtsmarkArts and culture
- UNICEF Rights Respecting SchoolsChildren's rights
Key facts
- URN
- 146977
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2019
Governing body (3 current, 4 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 David Verney Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Tracy Snell | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Lauren Crowther | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Agata Richards | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Clare Clark Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Veronica Harvey Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Alistair Leighton - Scott Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | 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