Catholic Life & Mission

At St Bede’s, we have three main educational drivers.  We aim to create successful and confident learners who make a positive contribution to the community and society in which they live.  As a Catholic school, we feel that the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is a major strength of our school.  We seek to encourage the children to give and expect to receive respect, encouraging each child to work together, to willingly take on responsibility and to work together for the good of each other – ‘As One’.
With Christ at the centre and heart of everything that we do, we see every child, and member of our school community, as a unique individual.  We strive to achieve a genuine family atmosphere, where all members care for, love and respect each other.  Individuals have many different needs: physical, emotional, spiritual and academic, and the staff of St Bede’s work to support our school members in all of these areas.  We view parents as partners in the process and close liaison between home and school is encouraged.

In additional to our high priority to pastoral care and nurture within our community, we also put ‘our faith in action’ by supporting a range of charities, locally, nationally and globally, through fundraising and engagement.  Each year we plan to support a range of charities throughout the year such as CAFOD, St Cuthbert’s Care and MacMillan Cancer Support as well as supporting our local parish of All Saints through donations for the SVP group and local food bank.  In addition to our planned charity work, we also respond to national and international emergency appeals and additional projects which have a special connection or impact within our school family.