Members of Staff

Mrs L Fairhurst               Headteacher       

Mr P Cawse                     Deputy Headteacher

Mrs J Flint                     Teacher, Reception Class

Mrs L Ellis                      Teacher, Year 1

Miss C Hitchman              Teacher, Year 2

Miss S Stowers               Teacher, Year 3/4

Mrs C Brown                    Teacher, Cover for all classes

Mrs L Rayner                  School Secretary

Mrs J Barton                  Admin Assistant

Mrs M Hunter                 Cleaner in Charge / School Lock up

Mrs G Loaring                 Teaching Assistant

Mrs L Issitt                    Teaching Assisstant

Mrs C Reading                 Teaching Assistant

Mrs C Burton                   Teaching Assistant

Mrs J Westwood             Teaching Assistant

Mrs B Woodford              Teaching Assistant

Mrs D  Perdue                 Finance Officer

Governors of St Thomas of Canterbury 

The Board is composed of 12 Governors, seven of whom are Foundation Governors appointed by the Diocesan Trustees to have particular care for the Catholic character of the school 

*Mr Brian Yelland - Chairman of Governors

*Dr Philip James – Vice Chairman

*Fr Bruce Barnes, Parish Priest

*Mrs Margaret Craig

*Mrs Rosemary Schipper

*Mr Tim Skull

*Mr Chris Graham

Mrs Linzy Ellis - Elected Teacher

Mrs Lorraine Issitt - Elected non-teaching staff representative.

Vacancy - Elected Parent

Mr Mike Cunningham - LEA Appointed

Mrs Laura Fairhurst - Headteacher

Mrs Julie Burrows - Clerk to the Governors 

* Foundation Governors 

The Aims of Our School 

To encourage, promote and foster the ties between the home, the family, the School and the Parish. 

To recognise that Christ is in and around us to celebrate His love through our prayer and worship together. 

To teach and encourage all of our children to fully develop their individual talents and skills and to rejoice in their achievements. 

Curriculum Statement 

The Governors and staff have a shared belief that all pupils are of equal worth and are entitled to the best education possible relevant to their abilities, ages and stages of development. We also believe that all pupils should have the opportunity through education to experience the community and the wider world. These principles are translated to the children through the School curriculum which aims to: 

•   encourage all pupils to develop lively, enquiring minds, where the ability to question and argue rationally and apply themselves to tasks and physical skills is celebrated and actively developed. 

•   enable all pupils to acquire the highest levels of understanding, knowledge and skills in all areas of the curriculum in a way which is relevant to adult life in a fast changing world. 

•   enable all pupils to learn and achieve basic knowledge and skills in literacy and numeracy as a minimum within a climate which encourages every pupil to fully develop their strengths and address their weaknesses. 

•   enable all pupils to develop aesthetic awareness and creativity and an ability to appreciate a wide range of art, music and literature. 

•   encourage all pupils to develop personal moral values, respect for religious values and understanding of other religions and cultures. 

•   encourage all pupils to understand the world in which they live and the inter­dependence of individuals, groups and nations. 

•   encourage pupils to appreciate human achievements and aspirations and to have the highest aspirations for themselves.