Dear families of St. Paul’s,
What a whirlwind this last term has been! It was wonderful to be able to all come together and celebrate our Advent Fair on Friday evening and Saturday and watch the Shepherds Play again. We are overflowing with gratitude for all the staff and families who helped put on these fantastic community events.
We would also like to thank Anna Retsler and all the staff for their work in ensuring our recent ISA audit was a success. We anticipate a full inspection next year, but feedback on the recent compliance visit was very positive. However, as a School, we must all continue to work on improving our attendance and punctuality.
We want to let you know of some changes to the board: firstly we say goodbye to Max Spensley as Alumni Trustee and Daniel Crosby in Quality of Education. We thank them both for their work over the last year.
We are delighted to welcome two new members: Dominque Moore, (Communications) and Simon Birch (Quality of Education and SEND, Classes).
Dominique is a successful actor, producer, and mentor. Six years ago, she established DMA London, which mentors and coaches young actors all over the world. As the Founder and Director of DMA, Dominique has experience in creating and implementing marketing and communications strategies that are not only engaging but accessible to all. Dominique is also the founder of the Non-Profit organisation ‘The DMA Foundation’ and is a trustee on the board of the National Youth Arts Trust which exists to address “inequality in the performing arts industry and to ensure a career in the Arts is accessible to all”
She is passionate about creating opportunities for positive change and believes her role as the Communications Trustee for St Pauls Steiner School will allow her to do this.
Simon has worked in Education and Social Care for 35 years with the latter decade in school leadership, including as team leader for St Pauls in 2019. He also served as School Lead at Elmfield Steiner School and York Steiner School. He has supported Hereford, Michael Hall and Cambridge Steiner Schools as an adviser and mentor. He has also worked in local schools and with families on behaviour as a consultant. He sits on Foster Care Panels in Birmingham and is a Governor at a local primary School (The Willows in Timperley).
He is a huge supporter of St Paul’s and welcomes the opportunity to use his experience across schools to continue to see St Paul's thrive into the future.
We are still looking for more trustees, details of the positions that are vacant can be found here:
https://www.stpaulssteinerschool.org/contact-us/vacancies
Please get in touch if you know of anyone who could help.
Wishing you all a very happy and restful holiday and we look forward to a joyful new year.
The Trustees
