St Columba's Catholic Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Birmingham (Birmingham).
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 Columba's Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic primary school located in Birmingham. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 193 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 210. It is part of the LUMEN CHRISTI CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY. The school is led by Linda Southerton.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Choir
- Football
- Sewing
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Read Write Inc (RWI)
Key facts
- URN
- 141669
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (10 current, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Holmes Confirmed same person | Chair of Local Governing Body | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Emily Foster | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lyndsey Sirrell | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Abigail Walker-Breen | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Carmel Bates | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Dr Rachel Gould | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Antonette Mwila | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Leanne Rogers | Local Governor | Foundation/sponsor members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Mirnerva Augustine York-Harris | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Linda Southerton | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2022 |
| Mrs Lyndsey Sirrell Former | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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