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The Ferns Primary Academy

The Ferns Primary Academy
Plodder Lane
Farnworth
Bolton
Lancashire
England
BL40DA

📞 phone: 01204 471277

👩‍🏫 principal: Mrs Danielle Broadbent

🌍 web: tfa.northerneducationtrust.org

454 pupils mixed gender
420 pupils capacity: 108% full

223 boys 49%

231 girls 51%

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Primary — Academy sponsor led

Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
138399
Education phase
Primary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
2001
Open date
1. September 2012
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 372898, Northing: 405970
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 53.550, Longitude: -2.4105
Accepting pupils
3—11 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
1. July 2021
Region › Const. › Ward
North West › Bolton South East › Farnworth
Free school meals %
38.10
Trust
NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
Learning provider ref #
10038360

School governors

  • Mr James Howard, Local Governor
    (1. January 2018—None)
  • Mrs Danielle Broadbent, Local Governor
    (1. September 2019—None)
  • Mr Dean Buckley, Local Governor
    (1. September 2018—None)
  • Mr Andrew Newton, Local Governor
    (6. May 2022—None)
  • Mr James Tomlinson, Local Governor
    (26. February 2020—25. February 2024)
  • Mr Robert Tarn, Local Governor
    (23. March 2017—None)
  • Mrs Jane Wilson, Local Governor
    (22. June 2019—None)
  • Mr Michael Robson, Local Governor
    (1. January 2021—31. December 2022)
  • Mrs Emma Johns, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (28. June 2021—25. May 2022)
  • Ms Gaynor Wilkinson, Local Governor
    (20. October 2021—19. October 2025)
  • Mrs Krupa Mistry, Local Governor
    (2. March 2022—1. March 2024)
  • Mrs Victoria Fletcher-Simm, Local Governor
    (6. April 2022—5. April 2026)
  • Mr Matt Travis, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (25. May 2022—24. May 2026)
  • Mrs Emma Johns, Local Governor
    (25. May 2022—31. August 2022)
  • Ms Nicola Clarke, Local Governor
    (19. October 2022—18. October 2026)
  • Ms Lauren Dawson, Local Governor
    (8. December 2022—7. December 2024)
  • Ms Andrea McGee, Local Governor
    (8. December 2022—7. December 2026)
  • Mr Paul Gill, Local Governor
    (8. December 2022—7. December 2026)
  • Mr Derek Burrows, Local Governor
    (8. December 2022—7. December 2026)
  • Mr Andrew Jordon, Local Governor
    (1. January 2023—None)
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