Our vision 

Church of England vision for education element

Church of England vision for education 

To provide an excellent, aspirational, and enriching education for those of all faiths and none, where each member of our community is known, valued, safe and enabled to flourish;

Wisdom, Knowledge and Skills

Good schools foster confidence, delight and discipline in seeking wisdom, knowledge, truth, understanding, know-how, and the skills needed to shape life well. They nurture

academic habits and skills, emotional intelligence and creativity across the whole range of school subjects, including areas

such as music, drama and the arts, information and other technologies,sustainable development,sport, and what one

needs to understand and practise in order to be a good person, citizen, parent, employee, team or group member, or leader.

enable all members of our community to live life in all its fullness, explore and develop their God given talents and to celebrate their achievements, creativity, diversity and uniqueness;

Dignity and Respect

Human dignity, the ultimate worth of each person, is central to good education. The basic principle of respect for the value of each person involves continual discernment, deliberation and action, and schools are one of the main places where this happens, and where the understanding and practices it requires are learned. This includes vigilant safeguarding. It is especially important that the equal worth of those with and without special educational needs and disabilities is recognized in practice. For the first time in history, there is now something approaching global agreement on the worth of each person through the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and its successor declarations, covenants and conventions, including that in 2006 on the rights of persons with disabilities. How that is worked out in each nation and each school is a massive task that calls on the inspiration and resources offered by each tradition of faith

and belief.

support our students to live hope filled lives in harmony with others,  have a positive impact on  society and prepare them well for their future pathways;  

Hope and Aspiration 

In the drama of ongoing life, how we learn to approach the future is crucial. Good schools open up horizons of hope and aspiration, and guide pupils into ways of fulfilling them. They

also cope wisely with things and people going wrong. Bad experiences and behaviour, wrongdoing and evil need not have

the last word. There are resources for healing,repair and renewal;repentance, forgiveness, truth and reconciliation are

possible; and meaning, trust, generosity, compassion and hope are more fundamental than meaninglessness,suspicion,

selfishness, hardheartedness and despair.

embrace our SERVICE values;

Community and Living well together

We are only persons with each other: our humanity is ‘co-humanity’, inextricably involved with others, utterly relational, both in our humanity and our shared life on a finite planet. If those others are of ultimate worth then we are each called to responsibility towards them and to contribute responsibly to our communities. The good life is ‘with and for others in just institutions’ (Paul Ricoeur). So education needs to have a core focus on relationships and commitments, participation in communities and institutions, and the qualities of character that enable people to flourish together.

 empower our students and staff to let their light shine.

‘life in all its fullness’ (John 10:10)

Given those basics focusing on the pursuit of wisdom, knowledge and skills, on trust and hope in the good as more fundamental than the bad, on the centrality of relationships

and community, and on the dignity of each person, there is endless scope for deeper thinking and further applications,

improvisations and creativity. This is what we mean by life in all its fullness.