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Location

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About

Welcome to our much loved and valued Catholic Primary School. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School is part of the St John the Baptist Multi Academy Trust. Our school is enriched by close links with St Mary and St Peter Primary School in Gorleston , our other Catholic schools within the Mat and our local and global communities.

Our community promotes high standards of teaching, learning and behaviour and we believe that a strong partnership is essential between school and each child's family to enable children to learn, grow and reach their full potential. When constructing our mission statement, first and foremost we asked our pupils for help.

We wanted the children together with adults to create a mission which would represent everyone in our school and a mission which speaks from child's perspective. Children and adults created the following mission in Autumn 2021: As God's family we are STARs within a loving and thriving community, celebrating our diversity.

We ignite lifelong learning where everyone becomes a positive influence on our world. Friday 5th December - Be Bright, Be Seen Day - children are encouraged to come to school wearing bright coloured accessories with their normal school uniform.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

6 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Cooking
  • Football
  • Rugby
  • Yoga
  • Beach School

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award

Key facts

URN
142806
Type
Academy converter
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
Suffolk
Constituency
Lowestoft
Setting
Urban: Further from a major town or city
Opened
2016

Governing body (12 current, 3 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Jeremy GaskellChair of Local Governing BodyAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2028

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mrs Abigail GoddardLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2025
Anna GlynnLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2024 · until 2028
Miss Beryl EdwardsLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2024 · until 2028
Jeremy GaskellLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2024 · until 2028
Matthew EvansLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Janet BrooksLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Hannah MackenderLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Simon Gilbert-BarnhamLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Thomas LanganLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Joanne ArnoldLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Helen ArmstrongLocal GovernorEx-officio foundation governor (appointed by foundation by virtue of the office they hold)since 2022
Padraig Hawkins FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by foundation/Trustsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Amber Brooks FormerLocal GovernorElected by school staffsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Miss Diane Allard FormerLocal GovernorElected by school staffsince 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