School Aims – Planning for Excellence 

In St. Joseph’s Primary School we are engaged in the pursuit of excellence.

Our main aim is to provide a Catholic school education of high quality that will enable all young people to become:-

• Successful Learners
• Confident Individuals
• Effective Contributors and
• Responsible Citizens

We will use the indicators below to ensure we are

‘Getting It Right For Every Child’:

S              Safe

H             Healthy

A             Achieving

N             Nurtured

A             Active

R              Responsible

R              Respected

I               Included

These skills and attitudes for life, learning, and work will prepare them for life beyond school.

This shared vision is supported by a number of strategies including the following:

1. Ensuring breadth and balance across the curriculum
2. Raising attainment through self-evaluation and improvement
3. Providing a quality learning environment which stimulates and motivates pupils
4. Supporting pupils by providing personal and social development and active health
5. Promoting the Gospel values such as love, compassion, truth, integrity and wisdom and seeking to build a community where all members are held in high regard and their dignity, worth and individuality are respected
6. Effective deployment of staff and resources as well as close “partnership working” between home, school, parish and the local community.
7. Ensuring the development of excellence by fostering high quality leadership at all levels.