Cheddar First School
Academy converter primary school in Cheddar (Somerset).
Location
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Welcome to Cheddar First School and Preschool. We are very proud of our children, staff and the community that we represent and are excited that you are showing an interest in finding out more about us.
Cheddar First School and Preschool currently welcomes children from 6 months to 9 years old, within one beautiful campus set against the backdrop of Cheddar Gorge and the Mendip Hills.
The site is deceivingly large with ten school classes and three nursery rooms along with a substantial field, two whole school playgrounds and separate Foundation Stage outdoor learning areas and gardens. The site also has a forest school area and pond, both of which are used by all year groups.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Forest School
Key facts
- URN
- 147822
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2020
Governing body (7 current, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Morwenna Homewood | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Alison Alen Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Esme Merryfield | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mr Richard Barkle | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mr Sam Bougourd | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Deborah Hale | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Jane Hutton Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Suzanne Smith | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2021 |
| Doctor Stephanie Price Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Morwenna Homewood Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · 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