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What does it mean to be living and learning in a Church of England school?

Who are we?

At the start of each term, we consider with our students this question. We return to our bible quote that helps to shape who we are and how we work…

John 15: 4-6

“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit.

At its simplest, this quote helps us to be a community who live with God and his teachings, and this is guiding all the work we do. Everyone is welcome.

What do we do? 

When you enter the school, you will see a large vine tree art project taking place. The vine tree is important to us because helps to explain our work.

The trunk of the tree is the school’s vision which has four key words within it.

As a Christian school we recognise the unique and wonderful in everyone.  As a community we support one another to flourish and live life in all its fullness.

Where might I notice the vision of the school at work this term? 

As a parent you will feel our vision at work in the end of term tutor comments about your child’s uniqueness, we will continue to celebrate your child’s.

This half term is Full of life, as we participate in our Summer trip programme and celebrate the end of the academic year. Our Enrichment and sports newsletters and through the final camp out midnight ceremony for year 8 as they leave us.

Our world if Full and can offer great joy, but also at times may bring trouble and worries. The school works hard to help students to realise that they can make a difference, that small change in our lives if enough people make them, can have great impact. We call this courageous advocacy and this term a group of year 6 girls will be running a Fullness Day to raise funds for Phoenix a deaf charity and year 7 to support Dementia UK in their bid to reduce this disease. Our year 8 fisherman will be offering students the opportunity to learn this craft in the last week of term.

To Flourish, our students are encouraged to own and be proud of who they are, our Dynamic Diversity group work hard to promote difference and to help the school to live up to its charter and goals. This term the group will be offering a colour run in celebration of diversity.

What are our values and virtues why are they important in the work we do?

Our values are the branches of our vine tree. We have 15 values, and you can see them displayed in the header of our web page. We explore each value over a half term in our Collective Worship. This half term we finish our exploration of Thankfulness and begin to consider Compassion is this a value that is important in 21st century? Where can this value be found in our community?

Our final part of the tree is the fruit, or the virtues if our school is working well, we will have a community that is respectful and committed to learning well together is empathetic and are courageous in advocating for change, social justice, and equity.