At St Joseph’s RC Primary School, we endeavour to uphold and live by the teachings of Christ. Through our actions, thoughts, works and relationships, we try to live as His disciples, living with one another in peace and dignity. Our school ethos is one of work, worship and witness and permeates every aspect of our work as a community.

By living our faith, we uphold the British Values of; Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Different Faiths in the following ways:

Democracy

regular voting for representative members of the School Council, School Sports Leaders and Gift Team, debates and discussion in the foundation subjects, RE & PHSCE Curriculum, conscience alley, staff, pupil and parental questionnaires and topics which explore ancient civilisations and contrasts political systems across the world.

The Rule of Law

Statements to Live By, school and class rules, behaviour and discipline policy, Caritas (Faith in Action), discussing incidents through with children, related professionals visits to school.

Individual Liberty

Fairtrade & Eco Schools focus during Religion lessons and foundation subjects, personalised learning, dignity of each person, pupil voice, access to all to a broad and balanced curriculum, right of all to be safe, free from harm, suggestion boxes, Statements to Live By, Collective Worship & RE curriculum.

Mutual Respect

Promoting forgiveness through the practice of the Gospel Values, relationships in school, positive adult role models of different sexes, faiths, cultures, charitable work (Caritas, Heywood Foodbank, CAFOD), Friendship Groups, Paired Readers, School Sports Leaders, Fairtrade activities, work of the Chaplaincy Team.

Tolerance of Different Faiths

Visits to different places of worship through RE curriculum work (Neelie Mosque, King David’s Primary School), Multi-faith curriculum week, Class and School Assemblies, collective worship, people of our community of different faiths and none, RE Curriculum and Statements to Live By.