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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 Jo Reid

All 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.

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

Mrs Frances Fenning

School Business Manager

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.


Priory Street Car Park

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