Christ Church is a caring school with a strong sense of community. We value the uniqueness of every child and are committed to a fully inclusive learning environment.

 With Christ at our centre, we encourage all children to grow and learn surrounded by love and a feeling of belonging. We strongly believe that every child matters, value all individuals and celebrate diversity.

We want our children to become confident, resilient, independent learners with a strong sense of self-worth and a caring attitude towards others.   

We encourage all children to 'Have faith...’ in themselves, in others and in God, as we believe that

"Nothing will be impossible with God."

Luke 1:37

We are committed to providing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides rich opportunities for children to explore a range of subjects, thus developing a variety of knowledge, skills and interests which they can apply to opportunities, responsibilities and experiences in later life.

We value the individuality of our children and their various curriculum strengths and interests. As a school, we aim to provide opportunities for children to build upon these to become the best that they can be. This is underpinned by our curriculum mission statement:

“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

1 Peter 4: 10

All stakeholders are fully committed to improving the quality of teaching and learning and individuals are keen to improve.

School Improvement Priorities 2021 - 2023

The areas for improvement for the 2021 - 2023 academic years are identified as:

Quality of Education:

Priority 1: Continued development of the curriculum

• Ensure a logically sequenced and coherently planned whole school curriculum which meets the needs of our pupils
• To improve the consistency of Teaching and Learning across Foundation Subjects.
• An embedded approach to retrieval practice across the curriculum.

Priority 2: Ensure that deployment and expectations of teaching assistants is appropriately matched to needs of children

• Address absence using appropriate procedures
• Develop system of Appraisal for non-teaching staff
• Review deployment of teaching assistants in line with EEF ‘Making the best use of teaching assistants’ guide
• Support professional development of non-teaching staff through engagement in high quality professional development activities and events

Behaviour and Attitudes:

Priority 3: Support sustained good attendance by all pupils

• Additional support and intervention for children experiencing Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)

Personal Development:

Priority 4: Following the impact of COVID-19, reconnect as a whole school family and re-establish wider community links

• Re-develop links with external providers to support and enhance the curriculum offer.
• Links with other local schools

Priority 5: Develop mental health awareness and support across school for pupils and staff

• Promote and support good mental health and wellbeing amongst children
• Promote and support good mental health and wellbeing amongst staff

Leadership and Management:

Priority 6: To strengthen the effectiveness and accountability of Subject Leadership across the school 

• A clear picture of the current position of Subject Leadership across school
• Increased knowledge and confidence in being an effective Subject Leader within a given subject
• Raised profile of the importance of effective subject leadership
• Increased accountability of Subject Leaders