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

We give pupils rich and varied ways of exploring the world God created and peopled. Pupils learn that this world and its resources is for our good and that we must use it responsibly. We propose that God is found in all things and therefore all things are worthy of our interest and study. We endeavour to provide a school where a spirit of enquiry and intellectual life flourish.

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

We believe that we are a school of prayer which is encouraged in simple and regular practices. We celebrate the liturgy of the Christian Church in particular to Holy Mass. We teach about justice, act justly and seek to promote the common good. We look for opportunities to reach out to suffering and marginalised individuals and communities, locally and globally. We are open and welcoming to people of other faiths and of no faith.

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

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.

Pray as You Go

Pray As You Go is a daily prayer session to help you pray whenever you find time. A new prayer session is produced every day. Lasting between 10 and 13 minutes, it combines music, scripture and some questions for reflection. Download now for Android or Apple.

See OUR SCHOOL in action

Next Open Morning: Thursday 20th November

Are you looking at secondary school options for your Year 5 child? We'd love to welcome you for a tour of our small and inclusive school.

Join us on Thursday 20th November between 9:30am–12pm for a pupil-led tour of our school. You can arrive at any time between these hours, and you can bring other siblings/family members along with you.