St Clare's Roman Catholic Primary School

St.Clare's has a long tradition of providing Catholic education in North Manchester since the 1930s and during that time has richly influenced the lives of many young children who have taken away many special memories of their time here.

We aim to achieve our Mission Statement by:

• Providing a broad and challenging curriculum enriched with the spiritual truths of our Faith.
• Teaching respect for self and others through the Catholic Faith.
• Furthering the children’s understanding of their own and other Faiths.
• Motivating children and teachers to do their best within a secure learning environment.
• Maintaining a high standard of discipline and behaviour in an atmosphere of openness and shared responsibility within the school community.
• Valuing a close relationship with parents, the first teachers of our children.

At St Clare's we always welcome feedback from our School community and we invite our parents.It makes us all incredibly proud to hear such positive comments about the children's behaviour and their development and it's very rewarding for the Staff to be able to see how their hard work is appreciated.

St. Clare’s is a Roman Catholic Primary School under the trusteeship of the Diocese of Salford. It is maintained by Manchester Local Authority. As a Voluntary Aided School, the Governing Body is the Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for admissions. The co-ordination of admissions arrangements is undertaken by the Local Authority. For the school’s year commencing September, the Governing Body has set its admissions number at 60.

In addition to applying to the Local Authority, St. Clare’s admission policy requires applicants to complete a St. Clare’s Admissions Form to supplement this. This is available at the school office or on the school website. Your application can then be recorded at St. Clare’s and your child will be put on the waiting list at the school.St Clare's R C Primary School is a voluntary aided school. We manage our own admissions list. However you will still need to complete your Manchester City Council Admissions Application for Reception Places. We also request that you register your application with Manchester Admissions.

A child or young person has special educational needs if he or she has a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her. A learning difficulty or disability is a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age. Special educational provision means educational or training provision that is additional to, or different from, that made generally for others of the same age in a mainstream setting in England. Health care provision or social care provision which educates or trains a child or young person is to be treated as special educational provision.

The Board of Governors and staff of St. Clare’s RC School fully recognise the responsibilities and duty placed upon them to have arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils at the school. We recognise that all staff, including volunteers, have a full and active part to play in protecting pupils from harm. We understand that our school and staff form part of the wider safeguarding system for children and that safeguarding and the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility.

We believe that our school should provide a caring, positive, safe and stimulating environment in which pupils can learn and which promotes the social, physical and emotional wellbeing of each individual pupil. The school recognises its responsibilities and duties to report Child Protection concerns to the social work service within Children’s Specialist Services and to assist Children’s Specialist Services in Child Protection enquiries and in supporting Children in Need.

Standards in literacy and numeracy are crucial to each pupil’s success at the next stage of their education and the school has a fundamental obligation to ensure the highest standards of attainment and progress in these key subjects. Academic achievement, however, requires pupils being ready to learn so strong pastoral support and care, including working with families, is essential. For the future, IT matters and coding is emerging as a fundamental skill. This cannot be learnt properly in the small amount of curriculum time available but the ability to code will play a big part in the long-term life chances of our children. Therefore pupils must be able to code within and beyond the school day and be supported to code independently of adults. St Clare's Code Club was established to achieve these aims. More widely, enrichment through drama, sport, music, dance, chess and many other areas is central to the school’s Catholic mission of educating the whole child.

On their journey between early years and secondary school, pupil’s pass through four school stages, and the quality of transition makes a difference. Providing continuity, ensuring a central role for assessment and establishing effective emotional support are goals within the wider objective of minimising disruption to pupils’ education during these significant changes.