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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

448 pupils mixed gender
315 pupils capacity: 142% full

248 boys 55%

200 girls 45%

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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
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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
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
12. November 2021
Region › Const. › Ward
East of England › West Suffolk › Brandon Central
Free school meals %
21.60
Trust
FOREST ACADEMY
Learning provider ref #
10032211

School governors

  • Mrs Mary Andrew, Member
    (15. December 2014—None)
  • Mrs April Grimes, Accounting Officer
    (8. September 2014—None)
  • Mrs April Grimes, Trustee
    (20. January 2011—None)
  • Mrs Claire Goldstone, Member
    (12. November 2018—None)
  • Ms Mary Andrew, Trustee
    (19. May 2014—19. May 2022)
  • Mr Phillip Anthony Richardson, Trustee
    (15. June 2020—14. June 2024)
  • Mr James Norton, Trustee
    (14. June 2021—2. May 2023)
  • Mr Phillip Anthony Richardson, Chair of Trustees
    (21. September 2021—11. October 2022)
  • Mrs Annabelle Culley-Tea, Trustee
    (1. October 2021—28. August 2022)
  • Mrs Amy Coyne, Trustee
    (5. October 2021—4. October 2025)
  • Lt Col Phillip Anthony Richardson, Member
    (20. September 2021—None)
  • Mr Chris James Egan, Trustee
    (14. June 2021—13. June 2025)
  • Revd Sharron Coburn, Member
    (22. October 2021—None)
  • Mrs Laura Elizabeth LaFond, Member
    (11. November 2021—31. August 2022)
  • Mrs Priscilla Richardson, Member
    (15. December 2021—None)
  • Mrs Vanessa Hopes, Trustee
    (15. December 2021—15. November 2022)
  • Mr Matthew Hopes, Member
    (15. December 2021—None)
  • Miss Kylie Major, Member
    (15. December 2021—27. April 2023)
  • Mrs Naimi White, Chief Financial Officer
    (29. January 2022—None)
  • Mr Matthew Paul Rickard, Trustee
    (28. June 2022—27. June 2026)
  • Mrs Laura LaFond, Trustee
    (1. September 2022—4. May 2023)
  • Mr Phillip Anthony Richardson, Chair of Trustees
    (11. October 2022—10. October 2023)
  • Mrs Francisca Elena Podar, Trustee
    (11. October 2022—10. October 2026)
  • Mrs Margaret Anne Crowther, Trustee
    (28. February 2023—27. February 2027)
  • Miss Helen Morley, Trustee
    (8. November 2021—3. May 2023)
  • Mr James Norton, Member
    (10. October 2022—2. May 2023)
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