Here at St. Joseph’s, our school improvement plan is produced to help us pursue our aim of providing our students with a compass for life and our mission of being an outstanding Roman Catholic school for the 21st century.
Ambition Statement “Set your heart on the kingdom and his goodness, and all these things will come to you as a matter of course.” Matt 6:33
With God, we are unstoppable.
We are an unstoppable people. It’s just what we do around here. Because of God’s power, in His Kingdom things are different. Moses was born a Hebrew adopted by an Egyptian and became a powerful leader. He led the Israelites through the wilderness for forty years, received the Ten Commandments and guided God’s people to the edge of the Promised Land. David was a shepherd boy who defeated a giant and became King, Joseph was slave who became a leader of God’s people and Abraham was an old man who became the father of a nation. As a young lady, Ruth lost her husband made the decision to look after her mother-in-law Naomi, who was also a widow. God rewarded her for her loyalty and kindness, and she later married an Israelite and so began the unstoppable family tree that led to the birth of Jesus. These role models exemplify the power of divine intervention and human resilience. These lives exemplify what will happen when we have faith, courage, and unwavering commitment to God’s plan. That’s why things are different around here. We will be unstoppable in improving lives and achieving beyond our wildest imaginations…
God’s Kingdom is unshakeable. This year our community will see a vision of what is possible when ordinary people catch a glimpse of God’s radical call to follow the Lord Jesus.
“Our ambition is for St Joseph’s to offer an outstanding experience for our young people. It will be a place where, due to a strong sense of belonging young people achieve beyond their own imaginations. Our nurturing approach will gradually reverse the impact of trauma in the lives of young people. Progress outcomes for all students but especially for the most able, disadvantaged and those with SEND will be above national through the delivery of a curriculum which is ambitious, inclusive, diverse and enriching. Our inclusion practice will be so strong that we won’t need a SEND department…but rather a network of professionals meeting a child’s needs. The RAISE network will support all students to access an inclusive and enriching curriculum through adaptive teaching and inclusive practice. There will be stability in staffing as staff members enjoy good job satisfaction and gain from the school’s commitment to career development for all. St Joseph’s will be a desirable place to work and learn as Learning and Teaching will be characterized by practitioners who are hungry to grow, learning from each other developing practice to have more profound impact on the lives of young people. The school environment will be increasingly inspiring and will be the school of choice as parents see the life changing opportunities available to every young person through the curriculum, the bucket list and extracurricular activities such as trips and other experiences. St Joseph’s will promote academic excellence and will be an experience that enables the young person to grow into an adult who can have a positive impact on the world. Our mission will be lived not laminated as faith and spiritual experiences change lives. We are found for our purpose; Our mission is to live the values of the Upside Down Kingdom of God and because of this we are unstoppable. The whole school will be a mission team as we look to live out the God ordained purposes in our lives. Being part of our community will be a life changing adventure.”
We are unstoppable. We will create people of faith. This faith will be palpable by their smiles. They will be a people who will change the world for the better.
You will see in our Improvement Plan overview (below) the key priorities we have identified for the 2024-25 year. This plan is designed to provide a strategic overview of the direction for school improvement. Behind this sits a more detailed plan with the detail of ‘the how, the when and the who.’
In areas where there is more rapid action needed there will be a working document used to focus staff on the specific actions in response to ongoing assessment to bring about change to improve the progress of learners and monitor and drive the improvements needed using the next steps
Please click on the image to see our School Improvement plan pictorially:
SIP 2024-25 Overview
