Our Vision, Values and Aims

Vision

In St Francis Primary School we strive to create a dynamic, inclusive and welcoming community where every child is valued and challenged to develop holistically. Our vision is for the St Francis Family to have excellent attainment and achievement and experience love and happiness; a vision that will be realised through a Curriculum for Excellence and our strong Catholic values. At the heart of our shared vision will be our nurturing, loving and inclusive ethos, high quality learning experiences, the promotion of health and wellbeing and effective partnership working with our families and community.

 

Values

Our shared values are:

  • Trust
  • Honesty
  • Integrity
  • Justice
  • Compassion
  • Courage
  • Humility
  • Kindness

Aims

In St Francis School our aims are:

  • To strive to support our school community to recover, reconnect and develop resilience
  • To provide high quality learning experiences in a safe, healthy and nurturing environment
  • To promote pupil voice and inspire a love of learning
  • To promote creativity and personal growth for all children
  • To promote inclusion and equality for all children and their families and to value and celebrate diversity
  • To work in partnership with parents, parishes and others in the community to encourage children to become active and responsible citizens
  • To encourage the personal growth of children and staff as lifelong learners and effective contributors.
  • To further develop the skills of all teachers in order to meet the needs of our children.
  • To encourage our pupils to take part in the decision-making processes which influence the future vision of the school
  • To become Stewards of the Earth; realising Pope Francis’ urgent call in “Laudato Si” to tackle the current ecological crisis by making a paradigm shift that will allow all human beings to live sustainably in dignity.