St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
Academy converter secondary 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
A warm welcome to St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School, an Academy within The Lumen Christi Catholic Multi Academy Company (MAC). I have the great honour and privilege of being appointed Principal of St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School since 1st September 2018.
We hope that this website will give you some insight into what we offer but more importantly communicates how we work and what we are about. Christ is at the centre of our school community where we live, love and learn together We believe all people are imprinted with God's image.
The dignity and value of our students and staff comes not just from the work they do, but from the persons they are. Diversity and difference is not just tolerated but respected, celebrated and loved.
As a result, visitors to our school will be greeted with smiles, find warm relationships between staff and students and often hear laughter in our corridors, offices and classrooms.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
8 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Bromcom
- Class Charts
- Teams
- Dr Frost Maths
- Accelerated Reader
- Ancestry Project
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Forest School
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
- 141835
- 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
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Annette Duffy | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Greavy | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Anne Vile | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Penny Ulmkalms | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| David Holmes Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Chris Martin | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
| Mrs Anne Gannon | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2015 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Fiona Clifford | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2015 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Brian Rainbow Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · 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