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St. Francis MAT
Education.
A MULTI ACADEMY TRUST is a group of schools which have come together in a formal arrangement as a registered company for the purpose of improving the teaching and learning for the pupils and the career prospects of the teaching and non-teaching staff. The MAT is led by a CEO (Chief Executive Officer), assisted by a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and support staff to attain the ends of the MAT.
St Bede’s Primary Academy and St Bernard’s Catholic Academy have both applied to join the St Francis MAT and expect incorporation in the early months of 2023.
The CEO is Siobhan Kent and the CFO Sarah Graham. Fr John is a member of the Board of Directors and chairs the committee for Catholic values and ethos.
The schools at present in the MAT (and its sister MAT in the diocese, St Clair) and those seeking incorporation are listed below. It is the expressed intention of Bishop Heskett that all the schools of the diocese will eventually join either the St Francis MAT or the St Clair MAT.
A draft document on the Catholic Life of the St Francis MAT is appended. Any comments on the paper are welcome and can be addressed to Fr John through the website.
St Francis MAT:
Schools incorporated:
St Joseph’s, Primary, Rossington
St Peter’s, Primary, Doncaster
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Primary, Doncaster
Our Lady of Sorrows, Armthorpe
St Joseph’s, Primary, Retford
St Mary Magdalene, Maltby
Schools seeking incorporation in the next few months:
Holy Family, Primary, Worksop
St Patrick’s, Primary, Harworth
St Bernard’s, Rotherham
St Bede’s, Primary, Rotherham
St Gerard’s, Primary, Thrybergh
St Joseph’s, Primary, Dinnington
St Mary’s, Primary, Herringthorpe
Schools expected by the Bishop to seek incorporation in due time:
The McAuley High School, Doncaster
St Francis Xavier, Primary, Doncaster
Holy Family, Primary, Stainforth
St Mary’s Primary, Edlington
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Primary, Bentley
St Joseph & St Teresa’s, Primary, Woodlands
St Mary’s High School, Chesterfield
St Mary’s Primary, Chesterfield
Immaculate Conception, Primary, Spinkhill
St Joseph’s Primary, Staveley
Martin McDonagh FCA Chair, St Francis CMAT
Fr. John - Member of the Board of Directors. St Francis CMAT
