Elm Academy

About Us

Elm Academy joined Authentic Education in September 2017 and currently offers a mainstream Primary education. The Academy is on one site which is led by our Director of Primary Education, Alexandra Prout who is a National Leader for Education and our Principal, Jo Wakeman. The Multi Academy Trust provides strategic leadership for the Academy with the CEO reporting both to the Governors and the Multi Academy Trustees.

More information about the Trust can be found on the ‘Authentic Education Trust’ tab. We also frequently work in partnership with our local secondary schools who are very close by.

We are a mixed two and three-form entry school for boys and girls between the ages of 4 to 11 and each class has a capacity for approximately 30 pupils. More information about joining our Academy can be found on the Admissions Policy in the ‘Policies’ tab.


We are committed to working with parents and carers and other professionals to support the needs of pupils in our care and work with a wide range of services including:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Special Educational Needs Support Service (SENSS)
  • CAMHS (Children & Adult Mental Health Service)
  • Community Paediatrician
  • Speech and Language Therapy Service
  • School Nursing Team
  • Children’s Social Care