Parents’ Group – St Paul’s School

Find out more about St Paul’s Social and Community events here.

The St Paul’s School Parents’ Group (SPSPG) was established in 1997 to encourage and enhance parental involvement in the non-academic aspects of school life. The primary goal of SPSPG is to connect parents and foster a vibrant school community. All parents automatically become members and are warmly invited to participate.

SPSPG is managed by the Executive Committee (EC), activity leads, and Class Representatives. This year’s EC team includes Sonia Doerig–Bal (Chair), Neil Dhot (Treasurer), Jyoti Rathi (Secretary), and Maria Cortas (Communications Coordinator).

There are many ways to get involved, including:

• Becoming a Class Rep
• Assisting with events like Pauline Perspectives – our topical debate with pupils, parents and Alumni
• Joining the Spring Fling fundraising Committee and helping to sell tables and source auction prizes
• Supporting SPARTA (St Paul’s Art Association)
• Helping with the Second-Hand Uniform sale
• Joining the Catering Committee
• Joining the Decorating Committee
• Volunteering for the Christmas Day Meals on Wheels
• Attending one of our events

Whether you have only a few hours or a lot of time to offer, we would love to hear from you!

For more information, please email Sonia at sonia.doerigbal@gmail.com

Spring Fling

We are very excited to announce that The Spring Fling Gala Dinner will be taking place on 5 March 2026.

Over the past decade, this wonderful event has made a hugely significant contribution to our school’s bursary provision, as well as providing an extremely enjoyable and convivial evening. We are enormously grateful to everyone who has supported this unique event and to everyone who is looking to get involved in the future.

The 2026 Spring Fling will be a whole school event, collaboratively organised by both parents’ groups from the Junior and Senior schools.

Join the committee here

Find out about sponsorship opportunities here

Tickets on sale HERE!

All funds raised from this fabulous evening go directly to the school’s bursary fund.

Pauline Perspective Debate

This year’s Pauline Perspectives Debate will take place on Tuesday 24 March at 7pm at St Paul’s School. Tickets go on sale in the Spring Term, so be sure to keep an eye out!

PP’s Debate is a popular annual fundraising event that brings together SPS and SPGS communities During the event, attendees watch student debaters from both schools, as well as Old Paulines, parents, and SPS faculty, engage in lively debates in front of a live audience. Following the debate, there is a Q&A session and a reception.

Over the past ten years, our talented debaters have tackled a range of thought-provoking topics, including “Foreign Aid Does Not Work,” “Sport Has Sold Its Soul to Big Business,” and “We Are to Blame for Modern-Day Slavery.”

If you would like more information about PP’s Debate or are interested in participating in future debates, please contact Maria Cortas or Duniya Okada at paulineperspectives@gmail.com .

Recordings of previous Pauline Perspecitve’s Debates are available here (please scroll down).

Parents’ Christian Prayer Group

The joint SPJ/SPS Parents’ Christian Prayer Group meets twice a term to pray for the boys, staff and events within the school. We meet for coffee from 8.50am in Founder’s Court (via SPS senior school reception), followed by a reading/thought for the day and prayers in the Chapel at 9.15am. All are warmly invited. If you are unable to attend in person, we also provide a Live Stream to the prayer meeting.

On the dates that we hold prayer meetings we are also invited to attend the students’ weekly Eucharist and choir service, which takes place beforehand in the Chapel. For this we meet at St Paul’s senior school reception at 8.20am to be taken up to the Chapel for the 8.25am start of the service.

On the last Wednesday of each half term, SPS holds a Community Eucharist to which all parents, guardians, carers and OPs are invited, as well as current students. The event is a beautiful choir-led service with anthems, hymns and homily, and lasts about 40 minutes. It is followed by a complimentary breakfast in the Dining Hall to which all are invited – a wonderful opportunity to catch up rather than rush out. For this we meet at SPS senior school reception at 7.50am, to be taken to the chapel for the 8am start of the service.

There is no formal joining and you are welcome to attend any of our meetings.

For further information about the group please contact: sps.prayergroup@gmail.com

In case of any questions please do not hesitate to email our Chaplain, Rev. Knox Chaplain@stpaulsschool.org.uk

SPARTA

SPARTA is a parent-led group who believe in the power of art to bring people together. We want parents across St Paul’s Prep School and St Paul’s School to feel more connected through simple, shared artistic experiences that are enjoyable, welcoming and easy to take part in.

Living in London means we’re surrounded by one of the richest art scenes in the world. As Nietzsche said, “We have art in order not to perish from the truth,” and we feel that deeply. Art gives us a moment to pause, breathe and see things differently—something we all need in busy school life.

Our hope is to make the art world feel accessible to every family, whether you’re already passionate about it or just curious. We also love supporting the wonderful art departments at SPJ and SPS and creating opportunities for parents to get involved in whatever way feels comfortable.

Throughout the year, we organise friendly workshops, gallery visits, artist talks, small outings and community projects—simple moments that help parents share and learn from one another and enjoy the incredible breadth of creative opportunities London has to offer.

If you’d like to join us, learn more or help occasionally, please contact Vinita Agarwal and Jenny Menounos sps.sparta25@gmail.com