St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon
Academy converter primary school in Swindon (Swindon).
Location
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St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Swindon is a Catholic academy located in Swindon. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. The Headteacher is Sarah Burke.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Catholic Life
Key facts
- URN
- 138619
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body (17 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.9 governors are linked to a profile (8 confirmed, 1 (likely)).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Kelly Cummings | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2026 | |
| Emmanuella Livinus Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Gina Hobbs | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Gina Hobbs | MemberTrust members | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 |
| Glynn Smith Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Fiona Payne Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Sarah Burke Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 |
| Sarah Burke Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2025 | |
| Mr Sam Tray (likely) | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| John Bosco MacDonald | MemberTrust members | Persons who are appointed by the foundation body or sponsor (if applicable) | since 2024 |
| Mr Michael James Wallace Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Gina Hobbs | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Julie Hamilton Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Jackie Pike | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Zoe O'Brien | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Clifton Catholic Diocesan Education Consortium | MemberTrust members | Original (signatory) members | since 2012 |
| Mrs Anne Hobson Former | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 · term ended 2026 | |
| Mrs Fiona Kerrigan-Maglia Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Reverend Terence Aspell Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Penfold | Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professional | since 2017 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record