Mission – 1^st October 2009

English Martyrs Catholic Primary School offers distinctive Catholic education within a caring Christian community where everyone feels loved and valued, confident and secure.

We believe that each person is precious and gifted, unique and loved by God.

With Christ as our inspiration we work in partnership to create a challenging, effective and exciting learning environment where everyone is empowered to achieve their potential.

Learning and Teaching

We provide an exciting, creative and effective learning environment, recognising and responding to individual learning styles. We aim to help each child experience success and to reach their full potential by providing the highest -standard of education and care. Children take responsibility for and participate fully in their own learning.

Our curriculum will be both balanced and spiritually based and will fulfil all statutory requirements.

Catholic Life of the School

We recognise God in all aspects of our mission. Specifically we will help children to develop their personal relationship with God. We will deliver high quality learning and teaching in religious education rooted in Catholic values and beliefs. We encourage respect for and understanding of other faiths and beliefs. The school environment will speak of Jesus Christ at the heart of our community. Children will be given opportunities to participate in creative and varied worship appropriate to their age and understanding.

We are an integral part of the parish and will play an active part in its life.

Relationships

We will help each member of the school community to recognise that we are all precious in God’s eyes. We will show love and respect for each other. We will give to each other the affirmation we all need and will try to respond to each other’s needs.

Parents

We will work to achieve a creative partnership between parents and school which recognises our different responsibilities in the education of the children.

We will communicate effectively with all parents. We will establish a bond of trust, building a partnership which nurtures the children’s learning, spiritual development and pastoral care.

Community Cohesion

We will be an integral part of the local community.  We will increase the children’s awareness of wider world issues. We will develop their sense of responsibility for and involvement in both of these.

We will ensure that our community life witnesses our Christian values and beliefs in all that we do and say.