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Forest Academy

Forest Academy
Bury Road
Lakenheath
Suffolk
England
IP270FP

📞 phone: 01842 810309

👩‍🏫 headteacher: Mrs April Grimes

🌍 web: www.forest.suffolk.sch.uk

424 pupils mixed gender
420 pupils capacity: 101% full

225 boys 53%

199 girls 47%

Last updated:

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Trust school
Supported by a single-academy trust
URN
136316
Education phase
Primary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Establishment #
2003
Open date
1. November 2010
Reason open
Academy Converter
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 578381, Northing: 286411
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 52.447, Longitude: 0.62332
Accepting pupils
3—11 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
18. January 2024
Ofsted last inspection
11. November 2021
Region › Const. › Ward
East of England › West Suffolk › Brandon Central
Free school meals %
20.40
Trust
FOREST ACADEMY
Learning provider ref #
10032211

School governors

  • Mrs Mary Andrew, Member 15. December 2014—1. November 2024
  • Mrs April Grimes, Accounting Officer 8. September 2014—None
  • Mrs April Grimes, Trustee 16. June 2023—15. June 2027
  • Mrs Claire Goldstone, Member 12. November 2018—None
  • Mr Phillip Anthony Richardson, Trustee 15. June 2020—14. June 2028
  • Mrs Amy Coyne, Trustee 5. October 2021—4. October 2025
  • Revd Sharron Coburn, Member 22. October 2021—11. December 2023
  • Mrs Priscilla Richardson, Member 15. December 2021—None
  • Mrs Naimi White, Chief Financial Officer 29. January 2022—None
  • Mr Matthew Paul Rickard, Trustee 28. June 2022—27. June 2026
  • Mr Phillip Anthony Richardson, Chair of Trustees 11. October 2022—24. September 2024
  • Mrs Margaret Anne Crowther, Trustee 16. June 2023—27. February 2027
  • Mr James Norton, Trustee 12. July 2023—15. July 2024
  • Mrs Fransisca Elena Podar, Member 11. October 2023—None
  • Mrs Rita Adrego, Trustee 20. May 2024—19. May 2028
  • Mrs Rita Adrego, Chair of Trustees 25. September 2024—22. October 2024
  • Mrs Meghan Norton, Trustee 24. September 2024—23. September 2028
  • Mrs Danielle James, Trustee 24. September 2024—23. September 2028
  • Mrs Danielle Lomas, Trustee 24. September 2024—23. September 2028
  • Mr Phillip Anthony Richardson, Chair of Trustees 23. October 2024—14. June 2028
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  19. Care Facilities
  20. 0.1 miles★★★★★Breakfast and After School Club, IP270FP
  21. Chemists
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  24. Doctors
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  29. Restaurants & Cafés
  30. ★★★★★Cafe serenity, IP270AE
  31. 0.1 miles★★★★★No 30 coffee lounge, IP270AQ
  32. 0.1 miles★★★★★Azure, IP270AQ
  33. 0.1 miles★★★★★Tillys Tea Rooms, IP270AA
  34. 0.1 miles★★★★★Centre cafe and restaurant, IP270AQ
  35. Retail Stores
  36. 0.1 miles★Spar - Barrels Superstore, IP270AQ
  37. Takeaway Shops
  38. 0.1 miles★★★★★Star Brandon Fish Bar, IP270EL
  39. 0.1 miles★★★★★Pagoda House, IP270AQ

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