Monday 17th January 2022, 6.30-7.30pm, Newman College (top gate), The Upper Drive, Hove Have you ever considered serving your local parish community by becoming a School Governor? It’s an incredibly fulfilling role, having an impact on future generations as you give back, but how can you know whether it’s right

The governors would like to take this opportunity to welcome Bola Ayonrinde as our latest governor to join the team here at OLOL. Bola has been appointed by the Diocese as a foundation governor, and she joins us as a deputy headteacher of a primary school in East Sussex (she

The governors would like to introduce Chikodili Emelumadu as the newest member to join the Our Lady of Lourdes governance team! Chikodili has been appointed as a co-opted governor, meaning she was recruited for the specific skills that she brings to the work of the Governing Body. She joins us

Dear Parents, carers and staff  We would like to extend a very warm welcome to Bryan Rossi Anderson who was just elected as our new Parent Governor. Bryan joins us with skills in both the Charities Sector and experience working with schools and educational environments. We would like to take

Dear Parents and Carers How happy we all were to have said goodbye to the ghastly year that was 2020, looking forward to the idea that normality was just around the corner and life would become easier again only to find ourselves back in another truly disheartening lockdown for the

Dear Parents and Carers. At this time of the academic year, the Co-chairs, and the other Governors, reflect on the past year and consider what we have done to fulfil the primary responsibilities of Governors for our school.  As you can all attest, this year has been hugely different to

ParentKind want to find out if and how parental attitudes have changed now that lockdown has become the “new normal” – whether they are key workers with children still attending school or working from home with their child(ren) learning from home. Understanding how parents are experiencing and responding to the

‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble. Therefore we will not fear…’ Psalm 46:1-2 Dear Parents and Carers, In difficult and unprecedented times such as we are facing now there is a deeper need for our communities to get together to support and

It was good to see many of you at the governor café at parents’ evenings this week, and thank you to all who completed our parent survey.  We will evaluate the results at our Q&S Committee meeting on 22 November and will let you know the outcome after that.

We would like to introduce ourselves as co-chairs of governors.  We are often around the school, so if you see us, please do say “hello”.