St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Haywards Heath (West Sussex).
Location
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I am delighted to offer you a warm welcome to our school. We understand choosing the right school is one of the most important decisions you will make for your child. I hope our website will help you decide that our school is the right choice for your child. We are proud to provide a stimulating environment in which all children in our care can be both be happy and successful.
We are more than happy for you to visit us to have a look around the school. You can be guided by pupils, have an opportunity to meet myself or my deputy, as well as see and learn more about our school. Our Catholic education promotes the academic, physical, spiritual, and social development of each child, delivered through a stimulating, broad and balanced curriculum.
Our school is part of the National Catholic Education System and BOSCO Academy Trust, and functions in partnership with the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton and West Sussex Local Education Authority, offering education to children from ages 4-11.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
2 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Read Write Inc (RWI)
- Real PE (Create Development)
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
Key facts
- URN
- 147937
- 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
- West Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2020
Governing body (11 current, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Steel | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Teresa Barnard Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas Sommerfelt | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Ana Barbosa de Melo | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Melissa Dewdney | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Melisa Rinaldi | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Andrew Cronin | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sara Hill | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Amal Bhurrut | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Katherine Steel | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Daniela Spagnolia | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Catherine Walker | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Mrs Helen Bilton Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Teresa Barnard Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | 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