Parents and Teachers Association
For our events, tickets can be purchased directly from the PTA via this link:
https://www.pta-events.co.uk/stjohnscofepta/index.cfm?event=Shop#.X6k99mw5NPY
What is the point of a PTA
PTA stands for Parent Teachers Association, also known as Friends of, Parents Teachers and
Friends of. Our PTA is a very important part of school life here at St John's. We have a great
sense of community where everyone works together for the ultimate good of our children.
Our role is not just fundraising. Our role includes encouraging all of us as parents and our
children to socialise with each other and to build a sense of inclusivity within our school
environment.
Every parent, carer and guardian of pupils currently at St John's Primary School is a member of the PTA automatically. Our committee is a team of volunteers who are elected at the
association's Annual General Meeting & AGM; to manage the association on behalf of the members.
Committee and Members
The 25/26 Executive committee members are: -
Chair -Danielle Wiseman (Year 6 & Nursery parent)
Treasurer - Sandra Carvalho (Year 1 & 4 parent)
Co -Secretaries - Becky Clarke (Year 3 Parent & Nursery grandparent) & Steph Taylor (Year 3 & 4 Parent)
All committee members have equal voting rights, with the exception of the Chair who has an
additional casting vote should this be needed. We try to meet every term to discuss our plans
for the forthcoming year. This is very informal and we try to make it as relaxed as possible.
The meetings are held during school time or in the evenings. We welcome everyone. All dates
and times will be advertised on our social media and in class whatsapp groups.
Annual General Meeting
Our most recent AGM took place on 15 th September 2025
The minutes of the meeting are available should anyone wish to read them. A copy can be sent
by email, please contact the PTA should you require a copy.
Second-Hand Uniform
We now have a second hand uniform shop on PTA Events. The link can be found at the top of
this page.
Follow Us
How to Contact Us
pta@stjohnscofe.uk
St John's PTA, Markfield Road, Caterham, Surrey CR3 6RN
Registered with the Charity Commission as 1005758
How Can You Help?
Give up the odd hour of your time to help with some of the fundraising events - it's good fun
and your kids love seeing you take part. You can do this via the PTA Events page when
purchasing your tickets or get in contact with us by email. This can be adhoc. no need to
commit to everything.
There are several other ways that you can also help by donating or shopping for your day to
day things via our donation sites, these are listed below:
Match Funding - There are many companies that will match any monies raised when their staff
volunteer for an event. This is such a great simple way of raising a lot of money for very little.
If you work for or think you work for a company that offers this, then please contact us.
Easyfundraising - Shop online using Easyfundraising (check out our social media page for more
details or download the Easyfundraising app and search for St John’s CofE Primary School PTA
– Caterham) as this is a very easy way to raise funds whilst you shop.
Clothing recycling - We have a clothes recycling bin in the after school car park. The car park
can be found just after the lower gate by the Infant hall. For a list of items that can be recycled
please visit www.thelittlerecyclers.co.uk
We all want to support our children throughout their time at St John’s and we hope that the
events planned are both enjoyable and raise the much needed extra funding to keep our
school fun and accessible to all.
Below are some useful links to help support us-
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/st-johns-cofe-primary-school-pta/
https://www.facebook.com/stjohnscofecaterhampta
https://www.instagram.com/ptastjohnscaterham?igsh=MTV2dWt4b3U1cG55dw==
During the past few years, the PTA have raised enough money to ensure the whole school
community benefits by providing an array of items. We are really excited about our current
fundraiser. We have a red bus and we are going to turn it into a library. How amazing will that
be!
Children are often heard telling classmates their adults are helping at an event. If volunteering
at the event isn't possible, we are always in need of people to help with set up and clearing
away, Administration, collecting supplies, advertising and drumming up the troupes by way of
people attending! There are many more pre and post event tasks that need to happen to allow
us to go ahead with everything we run, please consider helping where you can, it really does
make a difference.
Thank you