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The Governors' Fund
St Thomas of Canterbury is a Voluntary Aided school. Voluntary Aided status allows St Thomas’ to be run as a Catholic school, but also means that there are additional responsibilities for parents, governors and the diocese. One key responsibility that we take on is to raise a proportion (usually 10%) of the cost of building work and maintenance in the school, the balance being funded by the government.
The governors maintain a fund to support these activities. The main source of income for this fund is donations from families of children attending the school. Without these contributions, the school is unable to fund school improvements or provide other funds essential to the school’s ongoing development. The amount requested for the year is £40 per child, up to a maximum of £100 per family. This rate is in line with other Catholic schools in the area. Donors who are taxpayers can help the school even more by completing a Gift Aid declaration. The form only requires name, address and postcode and enables the school to claim an extra 28p from the Inland Revenue for every pound donated.