
The Trust Central Attendance Team is now working collaboratively across schools to maximise the educational opportunities for all our pupils.
Head of Attendance & Welfare – Jill Benson

Jill Benson
Responsible for:
- Developing and implementing the attendance strategy
- Coordinating support to schools, pupils and parents
Attendance Manager
Responsible for:
- Monitoring and delivering the attendance process.
- Working collectively with the school, pupils and parents
- Jen Stewart (Central East)
- Helga Linton (Central West)
Home-School Liaison Officer
Responsible for:
- Undertaking daily home visits
- Maintaining close liaison with the school, pupils and parents
- Donna Brizzolara (Central – East)
- Holly Johnson (Central – West)
- Kath Farndale (Central – East)
- Helen Lidster (Central – West)
Attendance Support – Emma Foster

Emma Foster
Responsible for:
- Issuing attendance correspondence to schools, pupils and parents in a timely manner
Schools are designated into either the Central-East (Attendance) Team or the Central-West (Attendance) Team.
Central – East Team
Contact Details: 01642 529200
Job Title | Name | NPCAT Mobile | |
Head of Attendance & Welfare | Jill Benson | benson.j@npcat.org.uk | 07934298957 |
Attendance Manager | Jen Stewart | stewart.j@npcat.org.uk | 07718474460 |
Home School Liaison Officer | Donna Brissolara | brizzolara.d@npcat.org.uk | 07833323865 |
Home School Liaison Officer | Kath Farndale | farndale.k@npcat.org.uk | 07741014916 |
Attendance Support | Emma Foster | foster.e@npcat.org.uk | 07934298957 |
Schools
Primary | Secondary |
St Alphonsus Catholic Primary | St Peter’s Catholic College |
St Augustine’s Catholic Primary | Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary |
St Bede’s Catholic Primary | |
St Benedict’s Catholic Primary | |
St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary | |
St Clare’s Catholic Primary | |
St Gabriel’s Catholic Primary | |
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary (Loftus) | |
St Margaret Clitherow’s Catholic Primary | |
St Mary’s Catholic Primary | |
St Paulinus Catholic Primary | |
St Pius X Catholic Primary |
Central – West Team
Contact Details: 01642 529200
Job Title | Name | NPCAT Mobile | |
Head of Attendance & Welfare | Jill Benson | benson.j@npcat.org.uk | 07934298957 |
Attendance Manager | Helga Linton | linton.h@npcat.org.uk | 07493978424 |
Home School Liaison Officer | Holly Johnson | johnson.h@npcat.org.uk | 07741074262 |
Home School Liaison Officer | Helen Lidster | lidster.h@npcat.org.uk | 07741062734 |
Attendance Support | Emma Foster | foster.e@npcat.org.uk | 07934298957 |
Schools
Primary | Secondary |
All Saints Catholic Primary | St Patrick’s Catholic College |
Christ the King Catholic Primary | Trinity Catholic College & Sixth Form |
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary | |
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary | |
St Edward’s Catholic Primary | |
St Gerard’s Catholic Primary | |
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary (Middlesbrough) | |
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary | |
St Therese Lisieux Catholic Primary | |
St Thomas More Catholic Primary |
Useful links and attachments
Trust School Attendance Letter to Parents September 2019
Redcar & Cleveland Penalty Notice Code of Conduct September 2019
Middlesbrough Penalty Notice Code of Conduct September 2019
Stockton on Tees Penalty Notice Code of Conduct September 2019