Our Catholic ethos requires and inspires us to seek to develop our young people to be of service to God, one another and wider society. To achieve this requires:

• A curriculum that stretches, challenges and inspires.
• A wider curriculum that does not simply focus on academia but stretches beyond the confines of the traditional classroom.
• Core values that seek to promote dignity and justice for each individual and inspires each student to embody the Gospel values.

We want our students to…

• Deepen their relationship with God
• Love learning
• Achieve their academic potential
• Have a wide range of experiences both in and out of the classroom
• Grow into happy, confident, resilient and articulate young people
• Leave SJB equipped to lead fulfilling lives and make a positive contribution to society

Who we are

These are the 5 core values we seek to instil in all our students. They are:

• Integrity
• Love
• Respect
• Aspire (Aspiration)
• Service

You can find out more about each of them here.

What we learn

Our curriculum:

• Is underpinned by our motto “Have Faith…Believe you can!” and supports the students in growing their faith: in God; in themselves; and in each other.
• Raises students’ aspirations, challenges and equips them with the knowledge and skills to flourish in their future careers.
• Is inclusive, well designed and coherently sequenced in order to establish a strong foundation for all students.
• Is rich, inspiring and as broad as possible.
• Provides students with opportunities to take the curriculum beyond the classroom to develop independence, creativity and a love of learning.
• Offers a wide range of opportunities for students to take ownership of and personalise their curriculum in order to develop existing talents and interests as well as discover new ones.
• Fosters the development of character, communication skills, health and wellbeing in order to thrive beyond SJB.

Delivery of our curriculum:

• Embraces the concepts of ‘teaching for mastery’ and ‘quality first teaching’.
• Focuses on building both knowledge and skills over time.
• Engenders high expectations of all students.
• Strives to build students’ resilience, confidence and self-belief.
• Is delivered by subject experts and underpinned by evidence-based practice.
• Actively encourages making mistakes as part of learning.
• Uses assessment to help students embed and use knowledge fluently, check understanding and inform teaching.
• Ensures feedback is regular and concise so that students know their strengths, next steps and are given opportunities to address them.
• Utilises the latest technology to support learning and ensure all students develop their digital literacy.
• Develops students’ literacy skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What we can do

These are 7 learning behaviours that we actively seek to develop and reward in all our students – the Student SJB 7.

• Challenge yourself, don’t give up
• Positive attitude
• Curious & creative
• Think for yourself, be independent
• Participate fully
• Collaborate with others
• Try your best to improve