St Paul and St Timothy's Catholic Infant School

Welcome to our school. St. Paul and St. Timothy’s Catholic Infant School is set in the Liverpool suburb of West Derby. We are a large, 4 form entry school catering for children aged 4 – 7 years of age. We serve the parishes of St. Paul and St. Timothy.

We strive to live the Gospel message in our daily life in school. Through our mission statement: ‘Love - Learn - Believe - Achieve, in the spirit of Jesus', all in our school community are encouraged to love God and love one another.

We are an inclusive school, we aim to meet the needs of every child in our care. The health, safety and wellbeing of our children is our primary concern.

At St. Paul and St. Timothy’s, we are led by a highly motivated team, who constantly strive to drive up standards and provide a rich variety of experiences for our children. All children enjoy an exciting and challenging curriculum. We have high expectations of all in our school community and everyone is encouraged to work hard and do their best. We are very proud of the fact that our children make excellent progress.

At St. Paul and St. Timothy’s Catholic Infant School we offer our children a rich curriculum. This encompasses the EYFS and National curriculam as laid down by the government and the ‘Come and See’ RE programme developed by the Archdiocese.

We want our children to be happy, confident, self-aware, sociable and articulate. We provide many opportunities to develop these attributes throughout the time the children are with us. Every child has their own unique personality and we want to nurture this. We want each child to develop an understanding of their own needs and those of others. We want them to appreciate the people and the world around them. To recognise that we may have different thoughts and views to other people. We will teach them how to express their views respectfully through our Philosophy for Children sessions from Reception through to Year 2.

We are keen to develop the following values in our children of tolerance, forgiveness, respect, a sense of justice (fair play), democracy. By teaching these values explicitly and through our wider curriculum we hope to nurture children who will grow into kind, understanding and respectful adults who can take their place in society with confidence and a moral compass which will guide the decisions they make throughout their lives.

We firmly believe that children need to be happy and feel valued in order to learn effectively. Children’s personal, social and emotional development is key to their mental health and general well-being. This plays a crucial role in every year group across the school.

We believe it is our job to unlock the potential in every child. By offering a broad and balanced curriculum we can give our children a wide variety of experiences that may be the beginning of a lifelong passion or the spark of interest which leads to their future career.

We are delighted to be able to offer the children a wide variety of enhancements to the curriculum and cultural experiences. We take all children in Year 2 swimming. We believe that swimming is an important life skill and want all children to feel confident in the water before they leave us to join Key Stage 2. Every child in Year 2 also benefits from weekly recorder lessons during the spring and summer terms. Year 1 and 2 enjoy Spanish lessons once a week as we believe that every child should have the opportunity to learn another language.