Our Aims and Ethos

Our Ethos

To offer a broad, modern curriculum to inspire a love of learning and curiosity including sporting, musical, artistic and language development in an ever-changing digital world.

To recognise and celebrate the unique child, building confidence and courage as they strive to reach their own potential, while appreciating others’ talents and achievements.

To encourage a strong sense of community and pastoral care, supporting wellbeing and resilience in preparation for life beyond St Faith’s.

Our Aims:

At St Faith’s, we recognise every experience within the school journey shapes the individual child. Within a culture of nurture and celebration we:

Provide a safe, supportive and inspiring learning environment.

• Our pupils experience expert teaching from teachers who have a passion and depth of knowledge to
• deliver high quality teaching.
• Our pupils have access to subject specialists for Art, Music, Computing, Sport and Languages.
• Pupils benefit from well-resourced facilities in the beautiful Kent countryside, including a Nature Garden, outdoor swimming pool and a new multi-purpose sports hall

Encourage our pupils to be courageous in achieving their potential.

• Our warm, caring environment provides all children with the opportunity to succeed in a culture of challenge, appreciation and reward.
• Pupils are encouraged to be brave and try new things. Their efforts are celebrated, making attempting new things a positive.
• Our pupils have the opportunity to discover their own passions and interests, whether it is academia, music, sport, languages, technology or art.

Encourage our pupils to value their own and others’ physical and mental health and well-being.

• Our warm environment provides the opportunity to learn, celebrate childhood, and build relationships across the whole school community in which parents are always welcome and actively involved.
• Pupils take responsibility and show leadership for community opinions and consideration for their own and others’ opinions and well-being by being given class, year group and school responsibilities.
• Pupils are taught explicitly about themes such as racism, misogyny and the protected characteristics to ensure they develop their understanding and tolerance of every member of our school community.

Enable our pupils to be prepared for life beyond St Faith’s.

• An individual approach to identifying and securing entry to the most appropriate senior school for eachchild, through curriculum, support and advice tailored to each child and family.
• Develop children to be responsible well-mannered world citizens, who promote community spirit andthink of others before themselves.

Ensure that our pupils feel heard, valued and supported.

• A strong culture of safeguarding within our school community ensures that all children feel safe, secure and happy.
• Our children develop an awareness of their role and responsibilities in communities both inside and beyond the school gate.