Vision, Mission & Values

Our vision

“We believe our children’s future is created every day. Every moment counts.”

Is brought to life through our mission:

‘To nurture and inspire our children to develop a love of learning in a supportive Christian community and become the best they can be.’

and underpinned by our values:

Endurance | Forgiveness | Koinonia* | Creation | Friendship

These values are the standards that drive our decisions and actions.

* Koinonia is the Christian idea of fellowship and unity.

Our Christian Ethos

“We believe that our children’s future is created every day. Every moment counts.”

As a Church of England school, our vision is firmly rooted in Christian theology as expressed in the Bible. “So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27)

This core belief explains that every single person matters to God and everyone matters to all of us at St. Michael’s. We believe that God’s love for creation is universal, inherent, inalienable, unconditional and indivisible. We affirm this through our school values and our commitment to the articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

In The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30), we understand that it is our duty to help children fully develop their God-given gifts: their personalities, talents and abilities. Education should help them to understand their own rights, and to respect other people’s rights, cultures and differences as we are all God’s children. We should take the example of the faithful servant and use our talents, each according to our different abilities and starting points, to live peacefully, sustainably and protect the environment – God’s creation.

By working together in Christian fellowship – Koinonia, we can be faithful stewards of Creation. In recognition of our common humanity we strive to build Friendship with each other and live in peace with each other. We recognise that this is not easy and requires Endurance and the courage to show Forgiveness.  We recognise that this take patience and practice in the knowledge that, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)