At St Mary’s our mission statement, ‘Living, learning, caring together with God beside us’, permeates through the whole of our curriculum and is central to everything we do. We recognise that every child is a unique individual made in the image of God. Pupils are taught to treat all with respect and to support each other in their learning. We want our pupils to have a sense of belonging to a community where they have the confidence to use their gifts and talents to become life-long learners.
We provide our pupils with an engaging and challenging curriculum that is designed to foster a broad and lasting knowledge and inspiring learning experiences which build curiosity, resilience, confidence and self-esteem. We ensure that our curriculum is progressive and develops pupil’s knowledge and skills. We intend for our curriculum to promote academic achievement, a love of learning and a growth mindset.
We aim for all pupils to: