Our Ethos
Vision - The What - Our Ethos
At St Cuthbert’s our main purpose is to provide a safe, nurturing and faith-centered environment where all children thrive and succeed.
Mission
At St Cuthbert’s we provide children with a sense of belonging to a loving community; enabling them to form positive relationships rooted in kindness, faith and forgiveness. We help remove barriers to inspire children to realise their full potential and develop future aspirations.
Values - What connects us?
Kindness – Faith – Belonging
“In Kindness and faith we belong”
Our mission is to help each other to: Live life with confidence and enthusiasm to learn to make the very most of all our Godgiven talents an discover our vocation in the world@@Love life and each other to value our diversity and celebrate each others uniqueness@@Share life through being a living experience of vibrant Christianity to the community we serve.
At St Cuthbert’s we provide our children with a loving Catholic community where they are able to thrive and grow into confident, thoughtful and happy young people.
Through an engaging and creative curriculum, an attractive and stimulating learning environment, and high quality teaching we help children make the most of their many and various talents.
Through opportunities for prayer, reflection and community involvement, we help them develop an appreciation of others, an awareness of themselves and a sense of their place in the world.
In an uncertain and rapidly changing world, we provide a secure and happy community of learning based on Catholic values, that helps foster within our children an awareness of their innate value and the value of others, and the confidence to use their skills and gifts to contribute to the wellbeing of others.
Links with the priests of the parish have been strengthened and are making a positive contribution to the Catholic life of the school.@@The executive headteacher has worked hard with staff to ensure the school has a wonderful culture of welcome for everyone.@@St Cuthberts is a highly inclusive school which offers an excellent level of care to vulnerable pupils and families where children feel safe and know they are loved.@@The school environment is a beautiful reflection of the Catholic life of the school.@@The clear loving approach to behaviour management exemplifies the fully inclusive nature of the school which is reflected in the warmth of the relationships in school @@Staff are positive role models for pupils living out the schools mission. The love and care they show for pupils is testament to the schools Catholic life and mission. Diocesan Inspection 2025
