At St Matthew Academy, we pride ourselves on our diverse, vibrant, Catholic all-through nature. The school has a successful history of providing an excellent education for young people aged 4 to 16, through an environment which stimulates intellectual learning and growth, which promotes excellence.
Our motto; ‘Let Your Light Shine’ is taken from St Matthew’s Gospel and captures our belief in the unique quality and ability of every individual. Our aim is to ensure that the talents and strengths of every young person are nurtured, encouraged, developed and celebrated.
Our position as an all-through academy across one site offers many opportunities to boost academic and personal development for all pupils and a shared ethos supports all of our learners with high expectations and consistent pastoral care. Primary and secondary phase’s works together to track every pupil’s progress throughout their time with us, enabling us to ensure pupils are provided with a smooth transition at every stage of their St Matthew Academy career. The all-through setting benefits all; allowing primary pupils access to secondary specialisms, resources and facilities, secondary pupils are offered mentor and leadership roles with younger peers and staff are provided with greater possibilities for professional development and learning.
Pupils at St Matthew achieve excellent results as a result of our unique offer – we ensure that all pupils learn, achieve and flourish with us, regardless of their starting point. They are at the centre of our strong support system, offered an extensive range of enrichment opportunities and we instil a belief in what is possible, in every learner.
Our motto is ‘Let your light shine’. It is taken from St Matthew’s Gospel and captures our belief in the uniqueness of each individual. Our aim is to ensure that the talents and strengths of each pupil are encouraged, developed and celebrated. Our motto is central to everything we do and is encapsulated in our ethos statement:
At the heart of our Academy ethos is our belief in promoting an ‘inclusive, caring, Catholic community.’ This means we welcome pupils and staff from every faith and none; we encourage everyone to take responsibility for their actions and words; we develop our students respect for other faiths and we learn together within the Gospel Values.
Pupils in our school are given a range of opportunities to become ‘successful, confident learners’ both within the classroom and beyond. We also believe that every pupil deserves the chance to develop a range of skills in preparation for their futures. Extra-curricular and enrichment activities alongside targeted academic intervention, pastoral support and challenge are all important strands in this provision.
‘High expectations, outstanding achievements’ in all aspects of academy life are striven for daily by our staff and pupils. We expect our pupils to display exemplary behaviour; our learning environment to be well ordered and pupils to thrive on the challenges presented to them. This enables every child to achieve pastorally, spiritually and academically.
Our staff and children see themselves as active learners, being part of a learning community that seeks to inspire and motivate each other to be the best that they can be. Working in partnership with parents and carers our staff believe they have a crucial role to play in ‘nurturing talent, cultivating ambition.’
As a result we promote ‘excellence for all’ in every aspect of Academy life. Our pupils are challenged to exceed academic expectations through hard work and dedication and are guided by our five characteristics of learning: aspiration; collaboration; independence; persistence and versatility.
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