Contact Us
(01206) 865722
Priory Street
Colchester
Essex
CO1 2QB
office@st-thomasmores.essex.sch.uk
Key Contact Information
Headteacher: Mrs Bridget Harris
Chair of Governors: Mr Simon Fenning
Admissions: Mrs Kelly Kelly
SENCO: Mrs Johanna Reid
Key personnel can be contacted via Mrs Kelly in the school office in the first instance. Please send all written correspondence c/o the school address.
If you would like to contact the Chair of Governors directly, please write to him and send your letter c/o the school address. Alternatively, you can send an email to chairofgovernors@stthomasmores.co.uk.
Mrs Kelly and all our friendly office staff will be happy to help with your enquiries. An answerphone service is available outside of school opening times.
NB Paper copies of the information on our website are available free of charge on request.
Mrs Kelly Kelly
School Secretary
Academy Information
The academy is owned by the Diocese of Brentwood.
Cathedral House
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 9BU
(01277) 265284
For further information about the academy, please see our
Academy & Trust page.
Parent-School Communication
In addition to telephone/email contact, we also use these apps to communicate and engage with parents. Login details will be provided when a child starts at the school.
School Opening Hours
Timings for our school day are as follows:
Start of School Day: 8.40am
Morning Break: 10.30-10.50am
Lunch: 12.00pm-1.00pm
End of School Day: 3.15pm (Reception 3.10pm)
Total hours for the week: 32 hours and 55 mins (32 hours and 30 mins for Reception)
Absence Procedures
First Day Contact
We would like to remind parents about our absence procedure. If your child is absent for any reason (eg sickness or an emergency visit to the doctor) and will therefore miss morning registration, you need to phone the school on (01206) 865722 before the start of the school day.
Alternatively we are pleased to announce that we are re-introducing Studybugs, a more efficient and secure system for reporting your child’s absence due to illness. You can download the Studybugs app from the Google Play Store or Apple Store, or register on the Studybugs website.
We chase up any absences unaccounted for to ensure the safety of all children on the journey to school. It would be very helpful if you could contact us first.
Visitors to School
Please note that there is no vehicular access to the school via Ernulph Walk.
Limited visitor parking is available in our school car park (turn left at the bottom of Fennings Chase).
Priory Street pay and display car park is situated directly opposite the school - for full details on the Colchester Borough Council website please click the link below.