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St Margaret Ward
Catholic Academy
St Margaret Ward
Catholic Academy
We are pleased to introduce our new mission statement to the community:
Mission Statement
St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is a Lasallian community where we empower all to follow in the footsteps of John Baptist de la Salle with faith that we are in the presence of God.
Together we strive to nurture and develop each other to fulfil our God given talents and potential so we can change our world for the better.
We are a caring, inclusive Catholic family where all belong and are loved. Respect, social justice and service to others is at the heart of what we do as we teach minds, touch hearts and transform lives.
Please see the details of how we wrote our new mission statement below…
During the course of March and April 2024, mission team members from the Sion Community worked with our students delivering a series of assemblies, classroom visits, workshops and prayer sessions for our students to share the Gospel message with them, bring faith to life and help the school community to revisit the mission and purpose of a Catholic school and to put this together into a new mission statement.
They began with a whole school approach seeing Years 7-10 and Y12 for three assemblies each and visiting all classes in the years. These assemblies included a mix of prayer, interactive inputs and sharing personal testimony of their experiences of faith.
They then worked with various small groups of students on a number of projects, which included taking a fresh look at our Mission statement and asking the students to reflect on their experience at St Margaret Ward. The students discussed the mission of a Catholic school, evaluated the school community and created a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) form evaluating the school. They also discussed and created their own suggestions of what sort of things they thought should make up the school mission statement.
Following this staff were invited to share their thoughts and opinions, as well as parents being invited to share key words that they believe reflect the school’s mission. As a result of all of this, a small staff working party put together the statement above, which we believe encapsulates St Margaret Ward, as a family of faith and learning.
Is a partnership of nine Catholic academies in North Staffordshire, part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, under the patronage of St John Henry Newman.
Our priority is to help students to know Jesus Christ, his mission and his Gospel, which forms our way of living.
We commit to work together so that each academy, respecting its own unique character, will offer outstanding Catholic education.
Our shared vision of life respects the uniqueness of all students, supporting their families, engaging them in their communities, and offering them unconditional love, so that they may achieve their potential and live life in its fullness.
To achieve this, across our academies, we will know one another, offering each other encouragement and active support.
Our vision for the Collegiate is summed up in the words
GROWING TOGETHER FOR LIFE