Our Christian Vision
‘Jesus said, “Love one another as I have loved you…By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one-another.”’ (John 13: 34-35)
At St Margaret’s we aim to provide an ethos and vision that is deeply Christian, whilst at the same time serving our diverse community. We take the words Jesus left as his final command as our core vision; we can show love because he first loved us. Jesus modelled sacrificial love and we aim to show this sacrificial love in all that we do to serve and care for others in our school community.
We believe that as we learn to be more like Jesus, we hope all within our school community will be able to flourish spiritually, socially, academically and achieve their full potential. Each individual can grow in mind, body and spirit, aided by the wider community and through the teachings of our Christian values. We intentionally create a loving environment, in which everyone can become the person God has created them to be, growing in wisdom, knowledge and skills and becoming life-long learners.
Why choose a Church of England school?
Church of England schools exist for the benefit of the whole community and are inclusive of people who have a Christian faith, another faith, or no religious faith. At St Margaret’s we are distinctive in religious character. We have a clear Christian vision that underpins and shapes our teaching and learning. We aim to show love in all we do, with the impact of our vision being that pupils and adult flourish within our school community. The religious authority for our school is the Diocese of Southwark and we are supported by our Governing Body and the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education (SDBE). We aim to meet the Vision for Education as given by the Church of England. We are:
- Educating for Wisdom, Knowledge and Skills
- Educating for Hope and Aspiration
- Educating for Community and Living Well Together
- Educating for Dignity and Respect
What our children think...
What does this look like in practice?
As a Church of England school, our Christian vision forms the basis of everything we do, our curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities are designed to develop pupil’s characters and morality, hand-in-hand with their academic study. It is our core desire that pupils and adults are able to live ‘life in all its fullness’ (John 10:10).
Every pupil is treated with love, we welcome pupils of any faith or no faith to our school. We offer a rich religious education curriculum, which covers Christianity alongside a wide range of different faiths.
Daily collective worship is the heartbeat of our school. Through collective worship, we focus on 12 Christian values in turn. Each class has a spiritual area, which also provides a prayer and reflective space. We say class prayers 3 times a day: morning, lunch and at the end of the day. These can also serve as ‘check-ins’ to pupil’s wellbeing and displaying our Christian values in their lives.