Ethos & community

 

A framework of support
We want our pupils to discover what they are capable of achieving as individuals. We support them with a Christian framework, a strong system of pastoral care and communication with parents that is as good as we can make it.

Values for life
We aim to produce young people who are confident, happy, honest and decent, who want to succeed, who know how to organise themselves and work hard, who do not think the world owes them a living and who have started to fulfil their potential in life.

 

PASTORAL CARE MISSION STATEMENT

1 School life should reflect the school’s Christian values. These values emphasise the absolute importance of each pupil as an individual.

2 The pastoral programme aims to create a safe and caring environment in which pupils feel supported. They should be able to discuss the problems and challenges associated with the progression from childhood through puberty and adolescence to adulthood.

Thus pupils will be encouraged to develop socially, morally, spiritually and academically, so achieving the aim of living successful, independent and fulfilling lives, and realising their potential as human beings. The school recognises that there is more to education than academic success, important though it is.

3 The school’s pastoral care system aims to promote a frank relationship between pupils and staff, and to encourage mutual sharing, trust and respect so that there will be no place for isolation or loneliness. At the same time, the school respects pupils’ right to privacy.

4 Pupils should be encouraged to value themselves and others by recognising their own and others’ strengths, as well as weaknesses.

5 The school aims to ensure that pupils with different cultural backgrounds are welcomed into the school community.

6 Pupils are taught to recognise that actions have consequences and the school’s part should be to encourage them to take this responsibility as early as possible.

7 Pupils are encouraged to broaden their horizons. This will involve an awareness of the conditions and aspirations of other faiths and cultures.

8 The school aims to encourage freedom of opinion, responsibility, frankness, honesty and a spirit of enquiry.

9 The school aims to provide equal opportunities for both sexes. Members of staff are expected to ensure that disproportionate attention is not paid to pupils of either sex, whether singly or in groups.