‘With God all things are possible’ Matthew 19:26
Our vision is to inspire, believe, and achieve through a strong foundation of Christian values. We provide enriching experiences, believing in the potential of every learner. Through trust, friendship, respect, and kindness, we create a learning community where both adults and children can flourish academically, socially, and spiritually.
The school's vision is deeply theological as it is rooted in strong Christian values and references biblical verses that guide and inspire the school community. The quote “With God all things are possible” from Matthew 19:26, highlights the belief in the limitless potential and strength that comes from faith in God.
This biblical verse serves as a foundation for the school's vision, instilling hope, resilience, and a sense of possibility even in challenging circumstances. Our offer is closely aligned to the Church of England vision of ‘Life in all its fullness” John 10:10.
The vision and core values provide a framework for nurturing the spiritual development, character formation, and ethical behaviour of both pupils and staff, fostering a supportive and flourishing learning community.
At St Thomas’s our strong vision support a curriculum that aims to
Inspire - All learners through the places they visit and the people they meet
Believe - That even in the face of adversity, anything is possible.
Achieve - Through what we know, learn and understand
We are a learning community built on our core values of:
We aim:
To Inspire all children through the places they go and the people they meet. We Inspire learners through a range of rich and varied curriculum enrichment opportunities. These include visits to museums and cinemas, visitors to school, after school clubs, Forest School, enterprise projects, themed weeks and other experiences as set out in the St Thomas's Charter
To Believe that even when faced with great adversity anything is possible. This is underpinned through our strong christian value "With God all things are possible" Matthew 19:26. Our curriculum reflects the needs of our school community and aims to ensure all learners believe that they can succeed in life. We believe in an inclusive school where all children are given equal opportunity regardless of gender, need, disability,race or wealth.
To Achieve through what we know, learn and understand. Our children make progress through knowing more and remembering more. This is achieved through a sequential and progressive curriculum that ensures that learners meet people from a range of cultures and backgrounds and visit places that are inspirational and deeply thought provoking. Children leave us at the end year six multi-lingual, able to read, write and calculate and equipped for the next stage in their education.
In accordance with The Department for Education we aim to actively promote British values in schools to ‘create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British Values of Democracy, The Rule of Law, Individual Liberty and Mutual Respect and Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.’ These British Values are taught to ensure young people leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Pupils are encouraged to regard people of all faiths, races and cultures with respect and tolerance and understand that while different people may hold different views about what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, all people living in England are subject to its law.
At St Thomas’s Church of England Primary School these values are reinforced in the following ways: