St Wilfrid's RC Primary School

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We would like to welcome you to the family of St Wilfrid’s, where we believe that God is at the center of everything that happens in our school. We are a Catholic school of just over 200 children located on the outskirts of Manchester City Centre. We pride ourselves on being a happy, caring, and welcoming community, where the learning environment and the wide range of opportunities offered, help every child reach their full potential and make the most of the gifts and talents are given to them by God. Our dedicated and committed team of clergy, staff, and governors work closely together to make sure that the children in our care are a respected part of our Christian community, one where they feel valued and secure.
Our school is a Catholic Christian environment inspired by and rooted in, the values of the Gospel, where everyone is encouraged to grow in faith and moral responsibility. Our school strives to be a place where everyone, through hard work and service to others, can reach their full potential and be formed for their eternal destiny.
St Wilfrid’s is a Voluntary Aided Catholic School set in an environment which reflects the Christian Gospels and Teachings of the Catholic Church. As such, through its curriculum, extra-curricular activities, teaching, and learning this school will promote Christian and British values. By doing so, we will ensure that all learners understand the values that have traditionally underpinned British society. We will prepare pupils for life in England where the population has an increasingly rich diversity of backgrounds, origins, beliefs, and cultures by promoting the values on which our society has been built. By teaching pupils these values we will help all to become good citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The DofE have recently reinforced the need “to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.”
St Wilfrid’s is a Roman Catholic Primary School in Hulme, close to the center of Manchester. We are one form entry and have a 26 place Nursery. The school is the only one in the Parish of St Augustine’s, Grosvenor Square. We are a friendly school with a strong commitment to ensuring that every child achieves high standards in all they do in school through providing a rich and stimulating curriculum. Our school motto is 'Care, Learn, Respect'.Over many years we have built a reputation in the local community for high standards and high expectations of children’s behavior. Our children are well motivated, confident, and eager to take on new challenges. We have a dedicated and enthusiastic team of Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Support Staff, and Governors who work together to create a school where everyone’s contribution is valued and children feel a sense of achievement and success.
The pupil premium is a Government initiative that targets extra money at pupils from deprived backgrounds, which research shows underachieve compared to their non-deprived peers. The premium is provided to support these pupils in reaching their potential. The Government has used pupils entitled to Free School meals as an indicator for deprivation and has deployed a fixed amount of money to schools per pupil, based on the number of pupils registered for Free School meals. At St Wilfrid’s RC Primary School we will be using the indicator of those eligible for Free School meals as our target children to ‘narrow the gap’ regarding attainment. The Government is not dictating how schools should spend this money, but are clear that schools will need to employ the strategies that they know will support their pupils to increase their attainment, and ‘narrow the gap’.
We are working hard to develop ways in which we can involve parents in their children's learning and make parents feel a part of the school. To recognize this we have been accredited the Leading Parent Partnership Award (LPPA). Our School is a Catholic Christian environment inspired by and rooted in, the values of the Gospel, where everyone is encouraged to grow in faith and moral responsibility. Our School strives to be a place where everyone, through hard work and service to others, can reach their full potential and be formed for their eternal destiny.
We seek to ensure that all relevant school policies are effective and easy to read by parents. Key policies are available on our website and we can support parents, by providing hard copies of policies and discussing policies with parents if they would like further information.

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