St Mary and St Chad CofE First School
Academy converter primary school in Stafford (Staffordshire).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Mary and St Chad CofE First School is a Church of England primary school located in Stafford, Staffordshire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 9 and currently has 178 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 150. It is part of the PENK VALLEY ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Sandra Lamond.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Bug Club
- Visible Learning (Hattie)
Key facts
- URN
- 147279
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2019
Governing body (11 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 Lucy Erskine | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Gemma Pate | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Laura Bradley-Smith | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Cathy Short | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Gemma Handley | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Revd Simon Douglas | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Kate Waterfall | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2028 |
| Sarah Martin | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Vicky Lloyd | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Lucy Erskine | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Sandra Lamond | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Miss Aleksandra Czartolomna Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Kevin Maycock Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · 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