St Thomas More Catholic School
Academy converter secondary school in Bedford (Bedford).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).St Thomas More Catholic School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Bedford. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 929 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,040. It is part of the Our LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST Ltd. The school is led by Mr Martin Bonner.
Enrichment
4 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- MEDIA
- PSHE
- School Trips
- Sport
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 139517
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (4 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ilona Bond Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ann Knought | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Aisling Gammon-O'Leary | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Matteo Carraturo | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
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