Important announcements
headteacher's welcome
Miss M Elliott
English Martyrs’ is a Catholic primary school where the messages of the Gospel are at the heart of everything we do. We are very proud of our school, our pupils and staff, our parents and carers as well as our parish community.
We believe that each person is made in the image and likeness of God and therefore we value and respect each member of our school community as the unique individual that they are.
Our school is a happy place, where the needs of the 'whole child' are at the heart of all we do.
We provide an environment in which pupils are safeguarded and where they also feel safe. We provide a curriculum that enables our pupils to discover their individual gifts and strengths while developing an enthusiasm for lifelong learning.
We are very lucky to have close links with our parish community and recognise the important role it plays in the life of English Martyrs' school; we continue to work in partnership always moving forward together.
We recognise that, as parents/carers, you are an essential partner in the educational journey and we place great value on the partnership that exists between home and school. We will support your understanding of your child by regularly inviting you into school to discuss their progress and celebrate their successes, keep you up to date with new ideas and initiatives and offer you workshops to work alongside you to enable you to support your child on their learning journey.
By the time your child is ready to move on to the next phase of education we will have, together, encouraged your child to have developed a sense of personal value and achievement, and a self-confidence that will carry on to adult life.
Our MISSION & VALUES
Loving Jesus, Loving Learning,
Loving Life
At English Martyrs’ Catholic Primary school, we aspire to walk in the footstep of Christ and all we do is inspired by Gospel Values, in particular the Beatitude from Matthews’ Gospel.
Our Mission is Loving Jesus, Loving Learning and Loving Life and along with the Beatitudes underpin all that we do at English Martyrs’.
The Beatitudes from Matthew’s Gospel have been shaped to become the foundation blocks for our ethos and underpin all we do. These 8 Beatitudes give us the ATTITUDES that we want to BE and are seen as our CORE VALUES. In addition, our curriculum is underpinned by BE-attitudes for Learning and our teaching and learning is underpinned by BE-attitudes for teaching.
Our Mission and Ethos form our very core and make it absolutely clear that all aspects of the school will reflect the practice and traditions of our Catholic faith. Such teachings direct us to believe that we are all “Children of God” and that we live by following the example of Jesus giving to us in the Gospels.
Everyone in school is expected to actively follow and live out our mission and ethos.
Our ‘Living the BE-Attitudes’ curriculum, which is explore within our House Group system, aims to support all children's social, moral, spiritual and cultural development as well as their understanding and use of British Values.
At English Martyrs’ learning is so much more than just academic success and we believe strongly that children are not fully successful learners unless they have developed a wider set of skills that help them to learn more effectively and engage well with their surroundings and other people.
In our House Group time our pupils explore how our CORE VALUES underpin everything our school does, how they can impact their personal development, as well as giving a meaningful context for British Values.
Our BE-attitudes Curriculum ensure the Core Values are introduced, discussed and lived out so that our pupils can embrace these attitudes with enthusiasm and demonstrate a good understanding of their application to their own lives.
