St Luke's Church of England Primary School

At St. Luke’s Primary School We offer excellent pastoral care to our children, and our creative curriculum coupled with our strong sense of community ensures that we are a happy, forward-thinking and successful school. Our parents/ carers are committed and from the very start of your child’s learning journey at St. Luke’s, we work together to shape their progress.

Our mission statement says that “Christian values and high expectations are at the heart of all aspects of our school life”. Staff strive to deliver stimulating, fun, engaging and challenging daily learning experiences for our children through the National and International Primary Curriculum. Our pupils thrive here and we aim to inspire them to become independent, resilient, lifelong learners, whilst working together in partnership with parents, carers, the Church and the wider community.

We are very proud of our recent achievements at St. Luke’s. We have a dedicated and strong team of staff, working closely with parents and governors, ensuring excellent teaching and learning, enabling our learners to achieve great outcomes. As a result, the school has recently been awarded the Educational Outcomes Award for exceptional student progress in recognition of enabling pupils to make progress in Reading, Writing and Maths, which is significantly higher than the national average at KS2 and is among the top 10% across all schools nationally.

At St. Luke's Church of England Primary School we believe that each one of us is of equal importance in the sight of God. We recognise the uniqueness of every individual and the contribution that each individual brings to our school community – we are all God’s special children growing together in faith, love, knowledge and understanding. We aim to ensure that every child’s special talents are suitably challenged and developed.

We place great emphasis on academic achievement, the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of each child, and we expect high standards of behaviour and appearance. We aim to develop independence in both work and judgement. We want every child to be able to work well with other, showing social skills of co-operation and leadership and to be motivated to develop from a wide range of experiences.

At St. Luke's Church of England Primary School we believe it is vital that children learn to serve God and one another. It is not only what we are taught but how we are taught; children learn and grow in understanding as much from our attitudes, our behaviour, our caring for each other and our own commitment to God. We must ensure that this is evident in our relationships with each other.We hope all children who come to this school will enjoy their time with us and grow into happy, strong and lively members of the community.

Christian values and high expectations are at the heart of all aspects of our school life, providing a safe and happy learning environment where children are encouraged to develop respect, self-esteem and confidence. We aim to find exciting ways to educate, making use of the latest development in technology.At Christ Church and St. Luke's we celebrate success and encourage everyone to achieve their full potential by working together in partnership with parents, carers, the Church and wider community.

We encourage all our children to play a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community through School Council, fundraising events, supporting nominated charities and involvement in community activities. Children are given opportunities in PSHE, SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) lessons and assemblies to develop confidence, self-motivation and an understanding of their rights and responsibilities within our diverse society. PSHE and Citizenship is also developed through our topic work and we actively promote British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs, encouraging everyone within our St Luke’s community to respect others.