Vision and Values

At St Mary's we are one family: school, home, church and community and this unity enables our vision to flourish for everyone...

We believe in a culture where:

• Everyone is special, unique and valued: diversity and difference are celebrated. We are all God’s treasure.
• Education is holistic; spiritual and moral growth is nurtured.

Life in all its fullness – John 10:10.

• Inspirational and reflective worship enables all in the school community to encounter the risen Christ.
• Wisdom, knowledge and skills are a focus in everything.
• Everyone does their best at all times with a culture of the highest expectations, respect and consideration for all.
• Everyone can succeed and achieve. Aspiration and inspiration are central to all that we do.

I know the plans I have for you. Plans to make you prosper – Jeremiah 29:11.

• Creativity and joy in learning is valued.
• The spiritual and emotional well-being of all members of our school community is a priority. Resilience and perseverance are developed in all.
• A community of global citizens of God is created through social action – on local, national and global levels.

Values and Ethos

All of our visionary ethos is underpinned by our spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding and experiences; respect of our British values and through our core Christian values:

These Christian values underpin everything we do at St Mary's ensuring we can live out our school mission statement:

   Love Learning. Love Each Other.

Throughout the year we provide opportunities to explores and celebrates world faiths and festivals. As a result, our pupils talk about similarities and differences between the prayer life of the Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim faiths. They can reflect on the impact and significance of the Jewish faith on Christianity, bringing an understanding of all faiths as being equally important in our World. 

"The shared Christian vision, its biblical roots and underpinning values ooze out of every pore in this school. All members of the school community are invested in the journey of its development. The Christian vision inexorably draws school, church, home and community into one family of God. They work together to ensure pupils ‘love learning, love each other’ and live ‘life in all its fullness.’" SIAMS March 23