--- title: "Goodbye and Thank you!" url: "https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/news/2025-12-16-goodbye-and-thank-you" school: "St. Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School and Nursery" --- # Goodbye and Thank you! ![Image of Goodbye and Thank you! ](https://files.schudio.com/ashtonstwilfrids/images/news/Welcome.jpg) 16 December 2025 **Senior Leadership Team Update** We would like to inform parents and carers that Mrs Melling will be retiring at the end of this week. We thank her for her many years of dedicated service to Saint Wilfrid’s and wish her a happy and well-deserved retirement. Following a recruitment process, we are pleased to announce that from January 2026, Mrs Stubbs will join the Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Headteacher. From January, Saint Wilfrid’s will have two Assistant Headteachers: Mr Hassan, overseeing Key Stage 2, and Mrs Stubbs, leading Key Stage 1 and Early Years. Mrs Stubbs will begin her new role at the start of the spring term. [ Healthy School News for parents & carers](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/news/2025-11-30-healthy-school-news-for-parents-carers) [ What I wish my parents or carers knew: A guide for parents on managing children’s digital lives. ](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/news/2026-01-07-what-i-wish-my-parents-or-carers-knew-a-guide-for-parents-on-managing-children-s-digital-) ### School Life - [Term Dates](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/termdates) - [News](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/news) - [Events](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/events) - [Calendar](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/calendar) ![St. Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School and Nursery](https://files.schudio.com/ashtonstwilfrids/images/logo/st-wildfred-logo-upscaled.png) #### St. Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Golborne Road Ashton-in-Makerfield Wigan WN4 8SJ #### Useful Links - [Archdiocese of Liverpool](https://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/department/education) - [Contact Us](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/contact) - [Admissions](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/our-school/admissions) - [SEND](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/our-school/sen) - [CPOMS](https://stwilfridswigan.cpoms.net/) #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ashtonsaintwilfrids) © Copyright 2025–2026 St. Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School and Nursery School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://ashtonsaintwilfrids.wigan.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)