It was with a mixture of joy and sadness that children and staff bade farewell today to Mother Katherine Ward who has been associated with the school in one capacity or another for over 20 years.

Besides her ecclesiastical role in supporting us as a church school, Mother Katherine has served as a member of the governing body for a number of years and has been a teacher here. Her two children, now grown-up, also attended the school.

Mother Katherine has led hundreds of acts of collective worship at the school and led many of our services at the Parish Church. Her expertise, enthusiasm, kindness and commitment will be greatly missed.

We wish her well in her exciting new role as an associate priest in East London.