PTA update 

The PTA ran and attended many events during 2025-2026, including the Harvest Church event, Mini Marathon fun run, Summer Fayre (with World Cup theme), Film Night and our Santa’s Grotto and School Disco's. 

The PTA are currently working towards upcoming events for 2026-2027, starting with the Harvest Fayre, Fireworks  and Santa’s Grotto. Thank you to those parents who helped at events during 2025-2026. If you would like to volunteer to help, please email the PTA chair on pta@stmarysprimarypulborough.co.uk. 

Please keep an eye on the school’s newsletters and website for information on upcoming events. 

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Friends of St Mary’s (PTA)

As a new member of the school community, you are automatically a member of the Parent Teacher Association. As the name suggests, the PTA includes staff (teaching and non-teaching), parents and carers of all the children at the school. 

Aims & Objectives

The PTA has two broad functions, both of which work towards the prime objective of furthering the educational, social and general opportunities of all the children at St Mary’s.

Communications – the aim of the PTA is to foster good, open relations and communications within the school community, between parents and professionals, and among parents.

Fundraising – the PTA runs a programme of events and activities throughout the year designed to a) promote its first aim and b) provide additional funds for the school to purchase ‘extra’ equipment, activities and experiences to enrich our children’s opportunities at St Mary’s.

Management & Organisation

The PTA is managed by an elected committee, which meets regularly and on an informal basis. At these meetings we discuss the planning for all the forthcoming events. Everyone is welcome to become involved as much - or as little - as they wish.

Please consider signing up for this scheme, it does not cost anything and we get a percentage of any spending back, which will be spent on your children.

Financial Contribution to School

St Mary’s School PTA is a very active and productive fund-raising body, benefitting from a particularly supportive and generous parent population. Expenditure decisions are made at PTA meetings with particular reference to the school’s development priorities.

Examples of recent items that have been funded by the PTA include the new castle play area, pantomime, maintenance of our outdoor swimming pool and book bags. We are working towards a Sensory Room currently as well as additional shade for the field and cooler areas within school. 

Social and Fund-raising Events

The PTA runs a busy programme of events throughout the school year. In planning our events and activities we try to strike a balance between wanting to make money for the school and wanting to bring people together to get to know each other and have fun! These two objectives are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but it is not always easy to get this balance absolutely right and we are always looking for new ideas – all suggestions welcome!

To give you an idea, here are some of the events we organise over the year: Santa’s Grotto, fireworks, film nights, quiz nights, bingo and end of term discos for the children. We also serve tea and coffee after school events, such as the end of year assembly, Sports Day and the parent/teacher consultations. The summer term features the Summer Fayre, which is the biggest event of the year.

Making Contact

The PTA is a great opportunity to become involved with your child's school at a greater level and to enjoy getting to know other parents. Whether you want to play an active role, like becoming the chairperson or secretary, or would prefer to just become a volunteer and be 'on call' for one of the many fund-raising events throughout the year, the PTA would love to hear from you. 

St Mary’s School PTA is a very active and productive fund-raising body, benefitting from a particularly supportive and generous parent population. Expenditure decisions are made at PTA meetings with particular reference to the school’s development priorities.

Examples of recent items that have been funded by the PTA include the new castle play area, maintenance of our outdoor swimming pool and book bags. 

Please feel free to email us with suggestions and offers of help on the email shown at the top of the page. We look forward to meeting you!