Stepgates Community School
School Name: Stepgates Community School Address: Stepgates Town/City: Chertsey County: Surrey Postcode: KT16 8HT Telephone Number: 01932 563022 Website: http://www.stepgatesschool.co.uk
Phase: Primary (ages 2-11) Type: Community school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Headteacher: Mrs Tara Ford
Capacity: 210
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 278 (53% boys & 47% girls)
Enrollment: 132% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 20.1%
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
URN: 125122
DfE Number: 936/2946
UKPRN: 10069187
UPRN: 100062364089
Region: South East (E12000008)
District: Runnymede (E07000212)
Constituency: Runnymede and Weybridge (E14001456)
Electoral Ward: Chertsey St Ann's (E05012890)
Easting & Northing: 504618E, 166537N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 23' 19.96" N 0° 29' 51.84" W
Plus Code: 9C3X9GQ2+HW
DfE Record: View record
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.2km)
- Chertsey High School (0.7km)
- Philip Southcote School (0.9km)
- Sir William Perkins's School (1.0km)
- Chertsey Nursery School (1.3km)
- Pyrcroft Grange Primary School (1.4km)
- Salesian School, Chertsey (1.6km)
- Meadowcroft Community Primary School (1.6km)
- St George's College Weybridge (1.8km)
- White Lodge Children's Centre (1.9km)
Predecessor schools†
- Mrs Laura Conn - Governor. Appointed on 23 September 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 22 September 2029.
- Mr Lee Faetz - Governor. Appointed on 9 December 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2029.
- Mrs Tara Louise Ford - Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2017 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Mr Joshua Hayward - Governor. Appointed on 9 December 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2029.
- Mrs Lisa Jeffries - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 14 November 2024 (Nominated by LA and appointed by GB). Term runs until 13 November 2028.
- Miss Amber Martin - Governor. Appointed on 9 December 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2029.
- Mrs Jane McKeown - Governor. Appointed on 22 October 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 21 October 2028.
- Mrs Alison Mitson - Governor. Appointed on 22 October 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 21 October 2028.
- Mrs Jenny Nash - Governor. Appointed on 9 December 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2029.
- Mr Tadhg Nicoll-Webb - Governor. Appointed on 25 March 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 24 March 2029.
- Mr Mark Gordon Nuti - Governor. Appointed on 13 March 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 12 March 2027.
- Ms Kathy O'Callaghan-Brown - Governor. Appointed on 22 September 2026 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 21 September 2030.
- Mrs Tansy White - Governor. Appointed on 20 May 2025 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 19 May 2027.