Ethos & Chaplaincy
Our mission statement:
With God’s love and inspiration, we aspire to achieve excellence.
St Joseph’s Catholic School aspires to be an exceptional, inclusive school where every individual feels a profound sense of belonging and recognises their spiritual gifts. In a safe, trusting, and respectful environment, everyone can thrive.
The St Joseph’s family is dedicated to providing and receiving outstanding educational opportunities, enabling each member to achieve excellent progress and outcomes in every aspect of school life to ensure the highest level of academic results. We are committed to nurturing God-given talents and encouraging everyone to reach their full potential, fostering spiritual and moral character development.
Our school values are articulated in the four main areas of school life:
Curriculum
Pastoral Care
We promote the emotional and spiritual growth of our pupils. All staff are expected to build strong and appropriate relationships with pupils across the whole school experience. For example listening to their cares and concerns, sharing their hopes and fears, their successes and failures and accompanying them through their childhood and teenage years.
We strive to ensure well-judged intervention in pupils lives to provide appropriate professional support and challenge. Our aim is to establish a stable and welcoming community with which pupils identify and can belong to. The successes and achievements of all pupils will be recognised and celebrated.
Religious Life
Personal Formation
We aim to develop the God-given gifts and talents of each pupil. We seek to form attitudes and values in our pupils which are based on the Gospel teaching and actions of Jesus Christ. We hope to lay the foundations of life-long learning. We seek to foster an attitude of altruism and generosity.
We will promote a range of extra-curricular activities to promote the physical, creative and intellectual development of all of our pupils. We will encourage them to adopt a way of looking at the world which is positive, engaged and seeks to change the world for the better.
Useful Links
Catholic Education Service & Clifton Diocese
Parish of St Osmund Newsletters
The parish of St Odmund publish a weekly newsletter which they share with their community. You can find the latest issue, as well as all previous issues, on the parish website.
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