GREAT BOWDEN ACADEMY LTD

What GREAT BOWDEN ACADEMY LTD does

Great Bowden Academy is a UK state-funded primary school located in Great Bowden, near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England. It provides full-time primary education to children typically aged 4-11, covering the Foundation Stage through Key Stage 2 of the English national curriculum. The school delivers a broad curriculum spanning English and the Arts, STEM, Humanities, Health and Wellbeing, Reading and Phonics, alongside enrichment programmes including Forest School outdoor learning, wraparound care, after-school clubs, and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision. It also facilitates wraparound childcare from 7:30am to 6:00pm, school nursing services, collective worship, and pastoral care links with the local church. The institution operates under Learn Academies Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 08095439), which provides shared governance and operational support across a network of 20+ schools in Leicestershire. The school itself is a private limited company (Great Bowden Academy Ltd) registered in the UK.

The school's revenue model is that of a UK state academy: per-pupil funding from central and local government, supplemented by modest fee-based income from wraparound care and clubs. No tuition fees are charged for core education. Go-to-market is local and largely inbound: admissions are managed through the local authority application process, supplemented by school-led open events, campus tours, website enquiries, newsletters, and an X/Twitter social media presence. The school uses the Arbor App as its parent/student MIS portal. There is no commercial sales motion, no outbound marketing, and no commercial pricing model.

Technology adoption is limited to operational MIS tooling (Arbor App) and standard communications infrastructure. The data discloses no proprietary technology, no in-house software development, no AI/ML deployment, no API surface, and no defined SDK. Business operations are run by a small headcount (7 disclosed employees, likely administrative staff given UK primary academy norms), with teachers, support staff, and local governors falling outside the disclosed corporate entity structure. There is no evidence of patent activity, regulatory actions, funding rounds, M&A, or leadership changes in the input data.

Name

GREAT BOWDEN ACADEMY LTD

Legal name

Great Bowden Academy

Website

https://greatbowden.leics.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Great Bowden Academy is a UK state-funded primary school in Leicestershire, serving children aged 4-11 with Foundation Stage through Key Stage 2 education, wraparound care, and enrichment programs, operating as a member school of Learn Academies Trust.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Wraparound childcare
• Forest school learning
• SEND support provision
• Primary school curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Market Harborough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Great Bowden Academy is a state-funded primary school delivering education from Foundation Stage through Key Stage 2 to children typically aged 4–11. It supplements core curriculum delivery with wraparound care (7:30am–6:00pm), after-school clubs, Forest School outdoor learning, SEND provision, and a school nurse service, operating as a member school of Learn Academies Trust.

Product overview

Great Bowden Academy is a primary school offering education services from Foundation Stage through Key Stage 2. As part of Learn Academies Trust, the school provides a comprehensive curriculum encompassing English and the Arts, STEM, Humanities, Health and Wellbeing, and Foundation Stage education. The school supplements core academic delivery with enrichment programs including Forest School, wraparound care and clubs, reading and phonics instruction, and collective worship. The institution uses the Arbor App as its school portal for parent and student access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education (Foundation Stage through Key Stage 2) Full-time state-funded primary education for children typically aged 4–11, covering Foundation Stage through Key Stage 2 with a curriculum including English and the Arts, STEM, Humanities, Health and Wellbeing, Reading and Phonics, and Collective Worship. Aimed at families residing in the Great Bowden and Market Harborough catchment area.
• Wraparound Care and Clubs Before- and after-school childcare running from 7:30am to 6:00pm, plus after-school clubs and holiday clubs, providing working parents with extended-day coverage and child enrichment activities. Available to pupils of the school and broader community families.
• Forest School Outdoor Learning Outdoor learning programme delivering nature-based education and enrichment as part of the school's curriculum and enrichment offering. Available to pupils of Great Bowden Academy.
• Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Provision Special educational needs and disabilities support for pupils, integrated into the school's curriculum and pastoral care. Targeted at families with children requiring additional learning support.
• School Nurse Service On-site school nurse provision supporting pupil health, wellbeing, and safeguarding. Available to pupils of Great Bowden Academy.

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

One partnership is on record.

• Learn Academies TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreat Bowden Academy is a member school of Learn Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust operating over 20 primary and secondary schools across Leicestershire. The trust provides shared governance, educational resources, professional development, and operational support to member schools. Learn Academies Trust is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee in England and Wales (company number 08095439).

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Lubenham All Saints CE Primary School: Small rural Leicestershire primary within Learn Academies Trust, highly comparable in catchment profile and operational scale to Great Bowden.
• Houghton-on-the-Hill CE Primary School: Primary school within Learn Academies Trust providing a directly comparable single-site, small primary operating model under shared trust management.
• Queniborough CE Primary School: Another Learn Academies Trust primary school, operating under the same central trust oversight and curriculum framework as Great Bowden.
• Hope Hamilton CE Primary School: Fellow Learn Academies Trust primary school, comparable in pupil-age range, curriculum breadth, and reliance on trust-level resourcing.
• Meadowdale Primary School: Primary school member of Learn Academies Trust, sharing identical operating model, curriculum framework, and central trust support structure.
• Bottesford CE Primary School: Learn Academies Trust primary school in Leicestershire with the same trust-level curriculum, governance, and funding arrangements as Great Bowden.
• All Saints CE Primary School: Learn Academies Trust primary school with the same Church of England foundation ethos as several of Great Bowden's trust peers, operating under the same trust governance model.
• Market Harborough CE Academy: Fellow Learn Academies Trust primary school located in the same Market Harborough catchment as Great Bowden, offering near-identical primary-age provision under the same trust governance and funding model.
• Ridgeway Primary Academy: Another Learn Academies Trust primary academy, directly comparable in size, governance, and curriculum model — the closest benchmark for Great Bowden's operational structure within the trust network.

Broad incumbents

• Oasis Community Learning: Large national multi-academy trust operating dozens of primary and secondary academies across England. Relevant as a broader-incumbent comparator for the multi-academy trust model that Great Bowden operates within, though at materially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/academybowden
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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