Swell Church of England Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Cotswold (Gloucestershire).
Location
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I am delighted to welcome you to the NCSF Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust set up in October 2022. We are five schools over six sites St James and Ebrington, Cold Aston, Longborough, St Andrews Chedworth and Swell. We have been set up under majority articles, which means that we can work together with both church and community schools.
Our aim is to create a wider family of schools, working together to benefit all, whilst ensuring that each school keeps their unique individual identity. Through an understanding of the unique strengths and challenges of different schools, both in the North Cotswolds and wider, we want to proactively create solutions to meet the needs of all of our children and families.
The prioritisation of relationships at all levels is key to the way we work at the NCSF Trust; we aim for every member of our Trust community to be respected, valued, nurtured and challenged to grow, learn and achieve.
We collaborate across our Trust and wider to support, challenge and improve; we are a learning community and seek every opportunity to develop as individuals and as an organisation.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Awards
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Key facts
- URN
- 149256
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2022
Governing body (6 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Karen Bullock | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Leena Coleman | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Alison Rawlings | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Mrs Astrid Vaughan | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Revd John Hollows | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Reverend Karen Wellman | Local Governor | Ex-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold) | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Lisa Walker Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Katie England Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr David Gillett Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
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