Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School

What Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School does

Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School is a state-funded Church of England primary school located on Worcester Road in Cowley, Middlesex (UB8 3TH), within the London Borough of Hillingdon. The school provides primary education for children from nursery age through Year 6 (ages 3-11), with a stated Christian foundation and an emphasis on academic preparation, spiritual development, and character building. It is a member of the Frays Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust that provides governance, admissions oversight, HR support, and shared services to its constituent schools, including shared local governance arrangements with St Matthew's CE Primary School.

The school's service offering centers on the standard national curriculum plus religious education, delivered across Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2. Pupils typically spend 32.5 hours per week in school, with the nursery admitting up to 50 children per cohort in the September following their third birthday. The school's digital infrastructure runs on Microsoft 365 for administration and Microsoft Teams for staff and student access; learning is supported through third-party platforms including DB Primary, Times Tables Rockstars, Purple Mash, Spelling Shed, Charanga Music, My Maths, Numbots, SPaG.com, Duolingo, and BBC educational resources. A new school website was launched in March 2024 to improve communications with parents and prospective families.

The school's revenue model is non-commercial: as a state-funded academy within Frays Academy Trust, it receives per-pupil government funding routed through the local authority rather than charging tuition fees. Additional revenue is generated through ancillary paid services such as school meals and a breakfast/wraparound club, collected online via ParentPay. The school maintains a partnership with St Laurence Church for weekly collective worship and a community-to-community link (CLICK RUKIGA) with Rukiga in South West Uganda, alongside a school-level link with Kamwezi Primary School. No financial figures are publicly disclosed; the most recent formal inspection referenced is the SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) inspection completed in October 2019.

Name

Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School

Legal name

Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School

Website

https://cowley.hillingdon.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School is a state-funded Church of England primary school in Cowley, Hillingdon, London, serving children aged 3-11 across Nursery to Year 6. It operates within Frays Academy Trust and delivers the national curriculum with a Christian foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

Keywords

• Primary school education
• Church of england school
• Faith-based education
• Nursery education
• State-funded schooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Cowley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School provides state-funded primary education for children aged 3-11, from Nursery through Year 6, within a Church of England faith framework. Its core offering includes the full national curriculum, Religious Education, collective worship, statutory assessments (SATs) preparation, and wraparound care services such as a breakfast club, school meals, and after-school clubs.

Product overview

Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School is a Church of England primary school operated by Frays Academy Trust. The school offers a unified website as its primary communication platform, providing parents and prospective families with access to information about admissions, curriculum (including Religious Education, Computing, Music, PE, Languages), staff, policies, news, and community partnerships. The school's digital presence connects students to various educational platforms for learning, including DB Primary, Times Tables Rockstars, Spelling Shed, Purple Mash, and Charanga Music.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education (Reception to Year 6)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• St Laurence ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRev Vicky Bastidas from St Laurence Church leads collective worship sessions at school every week. The church and school actively collaborate, with the church welcoming the school community into the church for services at 10am on Sundays. The school maintains a strong Christian community link.
• Kamwezi Primary SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCowley St Laurence has established a link with Kamwezi Primary School in Uganda. Children from both schools share information and learn about each other's lives. The school community has been raising money to support Kamwezi Primary School with various projects.
• CLICK RUKIGAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity to Community link between Ickenham (North West London, population 10,000) and Rukiga in South West Uganda (population 10,000 families). The partnership aims to share experiences, skills and resources for mutual support between the two communities.
• Frays Academy TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school is part of the Frays Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust in the Hillingdon area. The trust provides governance, admissions oversight, HR support, and shared resources across its schools including Cowley St Laurence, St Matthew's CE Primary, and other schools in the network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Reach Academy Trust: UK multi-academy trust operating primary provision with a similar community-embedded mission. Comparable as a trust-level primary education provider in the broader state-funded sector.
• Harris Federation: One of the largest UK multi-academy trusts, operating many primary and secondary academies. Comparable as a broader incumbent that runs CofE/state primary schools at greater scale and with similar trust-level governance structures.
• Academies Enterprise Trust: Major UK multi-academy trust with a substantial primary school portfolio. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the UK state-funded primary school sector with centralized trust governance.
• ARK Academies: Large UK multi-academy trust operating primary and secondary schools nationally. Comparable as a broad incumbent running state-funded primary education at significant scale.
• Oasis Community Learning: Large UK multi-academy trust running a network of primary and secondary academies across the country. Comparable as a broader academy trust operator running state-funded schools with values-driven identity.

Regional players

• Hillingdon Local Authority Maintained Schools: Other state-funded primary schools within the London Borough of Hillingdon served by the same local authority admissions process. Comparable as regional primary education providers competing for the same catchment of families in the Cowley/Uxbridge area.

Others

• Frays Academy Trust: Multi-academy trust that operates Cowley St Laurence and other member primary schools. Directly comparable as the umbrella organization that delivers centralized governance, admissions, HR, and shared services across its portfolio of schools.

Direct peers

• St Matthew's CE Primary School: Fellow CofE primary school within the Frays Academy Trust, sharing joint local governance arrangements with Cowley St Laurence. Operates an essentially identical model — state-funded, faith-based, primary-age provision in the same Hillingdon area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cowley-st-laurence-cofe-primary-school

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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