South Lake Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Reading (Wokingham).
Location
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On behalf of all the children, the staff and governors, I would like to welcome you to South Lake Primary School's website. Our website brings together everything you need to know about our school from practical details like our staff team and school uniform to what the children learn and how we keep them safe.
We admit 60 children each year to Reception and this is our Planned Admission number (Pan) for each year group. We still have places for Reception children, due to the low birth rates in the area.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 150004
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2024
Governing body (6 current, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Jon Mainhagu | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Rowland Confirmed same person Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Samantha Hamer | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Dr Melek Demirdag | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Victoria Thorpe | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Claire Ward | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Andrea Gielow | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Stephen Vegh Former | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Dr Jon Mainhagu Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Antoinette Butler-Willis Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · term ended 2025 |
| Mrs Carole Jewell Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Sarah Noye Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | 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