Our People

Here you can meet all the friendly people who make St Francis Xavier such a nice place to be!

Mrs Simmons Headteacher	Mr Hinton Deputy Head, Co-Headteacher, Year 6 Teacher	Father Chris Parish Priest and School Chaplain	Mrs Jones FS Coordinator, Assistant Head
Mrs Crehan Reception Teacher	Mrs Edge Year 1 Teacher, KS1 Coordinator	Miss Cadman Year 2 Teacher	Mrs Tolen Year 3 Teacher
Mrs Cleaver Year 3 Teacher, Every Child Counts	Mrs Rush Year 4 Teacher	Mr Dickinson Year 5 Teacher, KS2 Coordinator, Assistant Head	Mrs Hawkins Year 6 Teacher
Mrs Mehtu ITT Teacher Year 1	Mr Benskin ITT Teacher Year 6	Mrs Bladen Learning Support Practitioner	Miss Catchpowle Learning Support Practitioner
Mrs Geddes Learning Support Practitioner	Mrs Jackson Learning Support Practitioner	Mrs Luxton Learning Support Practitioner	Mrs Sanzari Learning Support Practitioner
Mrs Smallman Learning Support Practitioner	Mrs Tucker Learning Support Practitioner	Miss Beattie Learning Support Assistant	Mrs Blest Learning Support Assistant
Mrs Doherty Learning Support Assistant	Sr Jossy Learning Support Assistant	Mrs Masaun Learning Support Assistant	Mrs Marshall Senior School Secretary
Mrs Daff Assistant Secretary	Mrs Hinton Assistant Secretary	Mrs Hammond School Site Manager	Mr Manir ICT Technician
Mrs Shenton School Cleaner	Mrs Varn School Cleaner	Mrs Cremin School Cook	Mrs Leavy School Cook

Our School Governors

The Chair and the Clerk may be contacted via the school. See details on the Contact Us page.

Friday Forum - Pupil Voice at St Francis Xavier

At St Francis Xavier we highly value what our pupils say and think about our school.

Every fortnight classes in the school hold a Friday Forum in their own classrooms on a given topic, such as Learning or Safety. Pupils talk about what they like or think works well, and what they would like to change or improve.

Two representatives from each class then feed back their class's views and suggestions to the whole school. These views and ideas are then discussed at staff meetings.

The whole-school Friday Forum assembly is planned, written and presented by pupils in Year 6. They decide on an agenda and running order for the assembly, and then organise and co-ordinate the feedback from each class, as well as presenting merit awards, lunchtime and house point winners of the week, and news items.

All pupils are fully encouraged to participate and make their voice and opinions heard at St Francis Xavier.

If you would like to know what the Friday Forum timetable is for this term, either see our display outside Years 5 and 6, the timetable in your classrooms, or check out the Friday Forum section of your Learning Gateway.

Year 6 leading our first ever Friday Forum on Blue Friday.

Year 1 feeding back their discussions to the school about Safety on Blue Friday.