Carterton Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Carterton (Oxfordshire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to Carterton Primary School. Im proud to be the headteacher of this friendly and inclusive school. Our school is the original school in the heart of the town. We offer wrap around care, an on-site nursery, a new library, and a fantastic outside forest school area. We are proud to support service families and the whole community.
If you have any questions or would like to visit our school, please contact the school office().
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Essential Letters and Sounds
- Forest School
- Letters and Sounds
Key facts
- URN
- 150512
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2024
Governing body (9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jill Judson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Niall McWilliams Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Zoe Banfield | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Simona Southouse | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Elaine Ricks-Neal | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Neil Carveth | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Caroline Ball Confirmed same person | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Ms Marcia Costa | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Heidi Emberton | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Simon Jackson | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Ms Roxanne Fenton Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Norman Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · 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