St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust

16/10/2026

Members of our Mission Team at St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust spent time this week, working with Clergy from across our Diocese. In our mutual aim of better serving our communities, they discussed how best we can work together sharing the Good News across our schools and parishes.

16/10/2026

✨ A Celebration of Faith, Hope and Love ✨

We're delighted to share the latest edition of our Catholic Life Newsletter, bringing together wonderful stories from across our schools.

Inside, you'll find inspiring examples of pupils and staff living out their faith through service, kindness, prayer, leadership and support for their communities.

These moments remind us that Catholic education is about so much more than academic success. It's about nurturing young people who care for others, serve their communities and live out Gospel values every day.

A huge thank you to everyone who makes our schools such warm, welcoming and faith-filled communities.

📖 Read the newsletter here:https://www.stcat.co.uk/assets/Tuesday-Bulletin/29th-September-2026/STCAT-Newsletter-celebrating-Catholic-Life-2025-26.pdf

💙 We hope you enjoy celebrating these achievements with us.

16/10/2026

As we come to the end of another successful half term, we're proud to share the latest edition of the St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust Newsletter.

Inside you'll find inspiring stories from across our schools, updates on Trust developments, staff achievements, Catholic Education Week celebrations, teacher training successes and much more.

Thank you to all our colleagues, pupils, governors and families who continue to bring our values of Faith, Hope and Love to life every day.

📖 Read the newsletter here:https://www.stcat.co.uk/assets/Digital-Newsletters/STCAT_2.PDF

14/10/2026

🌟 Employee of the Month – Congratulations, Charlotte Bryden! 🌟

A huge congratulations to Charlotte Bryden, our well-deserved Employee of the Month at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School! 🎉

Charlotte’s passion, dedication and expertise have transformed reading across the school. As our Reading and Read Write Inc. Lead, she is committed to ensuring that every child becomes a confident reader, helping to achieve outstanding outcomes and making a significant impact on pupil achievement.

Alongside her leadership, Charlotte has created a beautiful library space where children can discover a lifelong love of reading, explore new worlds and grow as learners. 📖✨

Charlotte is also an exceptional colleague who always goes the extra mile. Her kindness, positivity and willingness to support others make her an invaluable member of our school community.

Thank you, Charlotte, for everything you do to inspire our children and staff every day.

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13/10/2026

We are delighted to celebrate the newly appointed Faith Leaders at St Joseph’s Primary School, who marked this special milestone with their first Mass alongside their families and Father Tony.

As a Trust, we are proud to see our schools nurturing the next generation of faith-filled leaders who will make a positive difference within their communities.

13/10/2026

St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School was one of the first schools in our Trust, and we are so incredibly proud of their recent Ofsted report. Fantastic work by everyone at St Margaret's for such good ratings.

St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School in Luton has won praise from Ofsted inspectors – who rated it ‘strong’ in six out of seven categories.

09/10/2026

Today, schools from dioceseofnorthampton took part in our annual Schools mass. It was a beautiful service celebrated by Canon Michael and our schools participated throughout the service. Well done to everyone who played a part in our celebration of Catholic education

09/10/2026

At our recent Headteachers day at we were really pleased to welcome children working with who have conceived and performed a short play about being a member of the Traveller Community. It is a really thought provoking piece from the perspective of children and the challenges they face at school. Thank you to all the children who took part and members of the Luton Irish Forum who helped us to organise the production.

09/10/2026

Could you help shape the future of Catholic education?

We're seeking passionate and skilled individuals to join the Board of Directors of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust.

This is an opportunity to use your experience and expertise to support a thriving family of schools and make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people.

Whether your background is in education, business, finance, HR, law, communications or another profession, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more and apply: https://charisma.maglr.com/st-thomas-catholic-academies-trust
Please share with anyone who may be interested.

04/10/2026

Read our Catholic Life Newsletter to find out more - https://www.stcat.co.uk/about-us/catholicity-and-inclusion/celebrating-catholic-life-newsletter/