Echelford Primary

What Echelford Primary does

Echelford Primary School is a state-funded primary school located on Park Road in Ashford, Middlesex, UK, providing full primary education from Reception through Year 6 (ages 4–11). The school is a member of the Lumen Learning Trust, a multi-academy trust that governs seven primary schools across the Surrey/Spelthorne area (Darley Dene, Ewell Grove, Riverbridge, Saxon, Southfield Park, Walton Oak, and Echelford). Co-led by Co Headteachers Mrs. Bugembe and Miss K Oakley, the school delivers a broad curriculum across core and foundation subjects, including English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, History, Geography, Art and Design, Design and Technology, Music, PE, French, PSHE, and Religion and World Views. Beyond academic provision, the school offers wraparound care (before and after school clubs), paid school meals, SEND support, and pastoral and mental health services for children, families, and staff.

The school operates a standard primary-school technology stack rather than proprietary systems. Wraparound care bookings and payments are processed through ScoPay; classroom delivery and student accounts use Google Classroom; early years learning journals are managed via Tapestry; and the public-facing website runs on the Juniper Education platform. The school does not expose APIs, SDKs, or partner integrations, and has no documented AI or data-science capabilities. Accreditation stack includes Oracy Centre of Excellence, RE Quality Mark, Healthy School, Equalities Award, Little Wandle phonics, and the SFET ECT framework.

The business model is fundamentally public-sector. Core revenue is derived from UK government per-pupil funding allocated through the Lumen Learning Trust, based on enrolled pupil numbers. Secondary, smaller revenue streams come from parent-paid wraparound care, paid school meals, and ad hoc PTFA fundraising via partnerships with 10+ consumer brands (Easy2Name, First News, Stikins, Octopus Energy, AmazonSmile, Name Tags 4U, Easy Fundraising, My Name Tags, Toucan Box, Stamptastic). Admissions are direct, catchment-driven, and processed via the Applicaa online admissions system under trust governance. Marketing and parent engagement are conducted through the school website, a News & Events App, email newsletters (the Echelford Echo), parent workshops, and PTFA community events.

Name

Echelford Primary

Legal name

The Echelford Primary School

Website

https://echelfordprimary.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Echelford Primary School is a state-funded UK primary school in Ashford, Middlesex, delivering Reception-through-Year-6 education to local families as a member of the Lumen Learning Trust multi-academy trust. Revenue comes primarily from government per-pupil funding, supplemented by paid wraparound care and meals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJAAAB

Public Elementary Schools

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Public K–12 Schools & Districts

Keywords

• Primary school education
• Wraparound childcare
• School meals service
• Special educational needs
• Early years education

Headquarters

HQ city

Ashford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: As a state-funded primary school within Lumen Learning Trust, the school receives government funding based on pupil numbers for core educational services.
2. Wraparound Care Fees: Before and after school wraparound care is provided as a paid service to parents, with bookings managed through ScoPay system.
3. School Meals: Paid school meals service offered to students, with both paid and free meal options available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Echelford Primary delivers full state-funded primary education for children aged 4–11 across Reception through Year 6, with a broad curriculum including English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, History, Geography, Art and Design, Design and Technology, Music, PE, French, PSHE, and Religion and World Views. In addition to core instruction, the school offers paid before-and-after school wraparound care, school meals, activity clubs, swimming lessons, SEND provision, and mental health and wellbeing support for children, families and staff.

Product overview

Echelford Primary School is a primary education institution that provides a broad curriculum for Reception through Year 6 students. The school offers educational services across core subjects including English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, History, Geography, Art and Design, Design and Technology, Music, Physical Education, French (Modern Foreign Languages), Personal Social and Health Education, and Religion and World Views. Additional services include before and after school wraparound care, activity clubs, swimming lessons, and parental workshops. The school is part of the Lumen Learning Trust multi-academy trust.

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

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lumen Learning TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-academy trust governing seven primary schools in the area, providing shared resources, governance, and collaborative educational approach across the network.
• Easy2NameminorOthersName label provider for school uniform and belongings, supporting PTFA fundraising through partner programme.
• First NewsminorOthersChildren's newspaper partner supporting PTFA fundraising efforts.
• StikinsminorOthersName tag supplier partnered with PTFA for fundraising.
• Octopus EnergyminorOthersEnergy company partner through easy fundraising programme.
• AmazonSmileminorOthersCharitable shopping programme supporting PTFA donations.
• Name Tags 4UminorOthersName label provider partnered with PTFA.
• Easy FundraisingminorOthersOnline fundraising platform for PTFA support.
• My Name TagsminorOthersSchool name tag supplier partnered with PTFA.
• Toucan BoxminorOthersChildren's craft activity box partner for PTFA fundraising.
• StamptasticminorOthersStamp maker partner supporting PTFA.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Academies Enterprise Trust: Major UK multi-academy trust operating primary and secondary academies nationwide. Directly analogous institutional model — state-funded academies under a single trust — but at portfolio scale far beyond Echelford's parent trust.
• ARK Schools: UK charity running a network of academies including primary schools. Operates under the same academy-trust funding and regulatory framework as Echelford, but with significantly broader geographic and curricular scope.
• Oasis Community Learning: Large UK multi-academy trust running a national network of academies. Comparable as a broader incumbent operating primary schools under the same state-per-pupil funding model, though at substantially greater scale than Lumen Trust.
• Harris Federation: One of the UK's largest multi-academy trusts, operating dozens of primary and secondary academies. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the state-funded primary education space with similar funding mechanics but materially larger scale.

Direct peers

• Walton Oak Primary & Nursery School: Lumen Learning Trust primary school with the same operating model, governance structure, and pupil demographic as Echelford in the Surrey/Spelthorne catchment.
• Saxon Primary & Nursery School: Lumen Learning Trust primary serving the same age range with shared trust-level governance, identical per-pupil funding exposure, and parallel curricular offerings to Echelford.
• Riverbridge Primary & Nursery School: Another Lumen Learning Trust primary school operating under the same multi-academy trust framework, offering directly comparable curriculum, SEND, and wraparound services within the same region.
• Darley Dene Primary & Nursery School: A sister primary school within Lumen Learning Trust, also serving Reception through Year 6 with comparable wraparound and curriculum offerings. The most directly comparable peer given identical governance, funding model, and operational structure.
• Ewell Grove Primary & Nursery School: Lumen Learning Trust primary school offering directly comparable primary education and wraparound care under the same trust-wide policies and leadership framework.
• Southfield Park Primary School: Sister primary in the Lumen Learning Trust network, providing directly comparable state-funded primary education with shared leadership and resource pool.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/echelford-primary

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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