Board of Trustees and Reports

Our Board of Trustees, Reports and Policies

Board of Trustees

As a Boards of Trustees in a Catholic Integrated school, our board is larger because we have both elected and appointed members. Appointed members are appointed by the Proprietor (The Bishop of Hamilton) and are called Proprietor's appointees (Prop's Rep). Our current Board Members are as below:

Member	Phone	Email
Tom Donaldson - Presiding Member	027 941 5028	[email protected]
Fr Vince Jones - Prop's Rep (Parish Priest)	07 896 8030	[email protected]
Gerry McGirr-Principal	07 895 6933	[email protected]
Sam Vermeulen-Staff Rep	07 895 6933	[email protected]
Robbie Poole	022 131 0507	[email protected]
Blair Bacon	027 322 7023	[email protected]
David Fyfe-Prop's Rep	027 289 8000	[email protected]
Whitney Kelland	027 750 9458	w[email protected]

The Board's role is to govern the school. There are two key documents that our Board of Trustees (BOT) uses to assist then to govern our school

In the area of Catholic Special Character. The NZ Catholic Education Office has produced a Handbook for Boards of Trustees of NZ Catholic State-Integrated Schools. This is available online here
The National Education and Learning Priorities (NELP). You can get a complete description of NELP here The NELP are as follows :

Objective 1 - Learners at the Centre
Objective 2 - Barrier Free Access

Objective 3 - Quality Teaching and Leadership
Objective 4 - Future of Learning and Work
Objective 5 - World Class Inclusive Public Education

Reports

You can find various reports relating to St Patrick's Catholic School below, these are updated as they become available.

2024 Annual Financial Report
2025/2026 Strategic Plan
2024 Analysis of Variance Report
2022 Education Review Office Report

School Policies and Procedures

St Patrick's School Policies and Procedures are now maintained within the SchoolDocs framework.
To access these, please go to http://stpats-tmn.schooldocs.co.nz
You will need to use the following details to login:
Username: stpats-tmn
Password: patswhanau