Ingatestone Infant School
Academy converter primary school in Ingatestone (Essex).
Location
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We are a small village school where traditional learning is valued and enjoyed alongside a modern global educational experience. At Ingatestone Infant School, we strive to provide the highest quality of education, so that children achieve their best, as well as enable all our children to become happy, confident and successful individuals.
Goodbye and good luck to Mr Taggart as he moves to a new challenge after Christmas - we will miss you! A warm welcome awaits our pupils and their parents at INGATESTONE INFANT SCHOOL! "This creates an atmosphere where pupils are ready and able to learn." Ofsted 2023.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Key facts
- URN
- 150748
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Essex
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2024
Governing body (8 current, 0 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 Louise Donno | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Susan Thomas | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Alice Murray | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Emily Cannon | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Mr Adam Cooper | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Harriet Whyman | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Jenny McCarthy | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Laura Parker Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
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