The John Mason Association (JMA) is another name for the friends of John Mason School or John Mason PTA. Anyone with any connections with the school - parents, teachers, governors, students - is automatically a member of the JMA.

The JMA is run by a committee of parents and staff in order to foster good links between home and school, to provide encouragement and support in all areas of school life, and to fundraise towards these aims.

We not only provide funds to enrich students’ time at John Mason School but also support the school in many other ways and provide extra pairs of hands when needed. We arrange social activities which are great fun and a chance to meet other parents and students.

To give you an idea of the help we provide; the JMA has raised money for school minibuses; netball kit; stage curtains; Carnegie Medal participation; table tennis tables, the Snack Shack and much more. Recently the JMA fundraising agreed funding for maintenance of the Welsh Farm and its new bore hole.

We are a friendly welcoming group and we would be delighted to have new committee members. 

JMA Events Support

The JMA provide refreshments at evening events throughout the year. Offers of help with refreshments are very welcome, with no obligation to join the committee.

JMA Easy Fundraising

We need your help! If you shop online, please could you sign up to easyfundraising to enable the JMA to raise money to support our school.

It’s a really easy way to raise money – you just use the easyfundraising site to shop online with more than 3,500 well known online stores like Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com, eBay, Boden, and M&S and when you make a purchase, the retailer sends us a free donation, at no extra cost to you. 

We want to raise as much as possible, so please visit our easyfundraising page at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/jmaabingdon/ and click ‘support us’.

JMA - New fundraiser with GoFundMe

The John Mason Association in conjunction with the JMS Performing Arts Department are raising funds to upgrade the lighting system in the school hall. These lights will be used for a multitude of reasons such as Open Evenings, Concerts, Productions, Parent Information Evenings, Celebration Evenings, etc. The goal is to enhance performance quality, improve technical capabilities, and future-proof the lighting infrastructure through phased investment. The current lights in the hall are very old and condemned so cannot be used.

In total we are looking to raise £15,000. The plan is split into three phases, so each £5000 raised can contribute to usable upgrades to lights, infrastructure, and then control and more advanced effects.
Donations through this portal or the QR code on the poster allows us to collect Gift Aid if you are UK tax payer, so please tick the box and allow us to collect Gift Aid from your donation. Your donation is worth 25% more to us with Gift Aid. Any amount will be hugley appreciated and you can make regular payments. Thank you.

JMA Committee Meetings

The JMA committee is made up from a wide selection of people from the school community: Parents/Staff/Governors.

JMA Committee Meetings are generally held at 6.00pm. We hold a small number of meetings a year which we publish ahead in the school Parent Bulletin, come an join us.

If you would like to help but are unable to come to a meeting please contact the JMA, we would like to hear from you.