St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School

St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School is a fully inclusive Catholic primary school community. By choosing this school for their children, it is considered that parents have agreed to them having full participation in every aspect of the curriculum. This includes religious education, physical education, sports lessons, music lessons and all school trips including those to places of worship and our parish church.

• We are a Catholic primary school with very strong moral values and a traditional approach to behaviour and discipline; we expect our families to subscribe to our values
• We value democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance; we believe in honesty and trust
• We seek to encourage the highest standards in academic achievement, social responsibility and personal development in a specifically Catholic environment
• We have an unrelenting focus on raising standards in all aspects of school life (spiritual, moral, academic and social) so that each student can develop their God-given talents to the full and be the best that they can be

At St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School we expect high standards of conduct from all members of our school community and place considerable emphasis on inclusion. The school community consists of dedicated staff, priests and governors supported by the ‘Friends of St Joseph’s’. We are a parish school and as such we have close links with our church, the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden, which we foster and value.

We promote the Gospel values and aim to foster a Christian environment in which the love of God is present and allows all members of our community to grow spiritually.

We hope that that the children will learn how to live according to the teachings of Jesus and the good news of the Gospel. In order to achieve this, we seek the support of parents and carers by asking them to show by word and example that they too consider the practice of our faith to be of central importance.

We aim to provide a stimulating learning environment in which each child can fulfil his or her academic potential. Appropriate provision will also be made for the moral, emotional, physical intellectual and special needs of our children at each stage in their development.

We prepare our pupils to take their place in today’s multi-ethnic, multi-cultural society, mindful of the needs of others at home and in the world around us.

We offer a broad and balanced curriculum, incorporating the National Curriculum, aimed at developing confident learners with enquiring minds.

We believe in a partnership between home and school and actively encourage parental involvement. A home-school agreement will be sent by Governors after any offer of a place has been made.