Our Vision and Values

At Leigh St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, our vision is to be a flourishing Christian community where everyone is inspired to learn, believe in their potential and achieve all they are called to be.

Rooted in the love and grace of God, revealed through Jesus Christ and inspired by Colossians 2:6–7, we seek to ensure that every member of our school family is “rooted and built up in Him”, growing in faith, wisdom and character.

Guided by our Christian values of friendship, respect and kindness, we aspire to nurture a community where love shapes relationships, everyone is valued and each person knows they belong. We aim to inspire hope, encourage resilience and develop courageous learners who face challenges with confidence, perseverance and an ‘I can’ attitude.

Through our motto of Inspire, Believe, Achieve, we strive to enable every child to flourish spiritually, academically, socially and emotionally. We seek to equip them to live life in all its fullness, serving others with compassion, integrity and joy and making a positive difference in God’s world.

Our mission statement, motto, Bible verse and theologically rooted vision encapsulate our school’s warm, loving and nurturing ethos. We are a school that has God’s love and guidance at its heart and we truly believe that we are a family working together for the successes of our children and our community.

You only have to step foot in the door of Leigh St Mary’s to feel the strong threads of Christian faith and values running through every aspect of school life. We foster the phrase ‘rooted in faith, growing in love’ meaning God’s love grows deep within our school community and we hope that through this love and guidance our children will flourish to become responsible citizens with open minds who display positive attitudes, acting with dignity and integrity. 

It is an intangible feeling that is evident throughout school from the exceptional staff role models to the thoughtful children and their very supportive parents. We are a happy school community at the heart of a small, busy town.  We face many challenges, yet we face them together as a strong and united team fully committed and dedicated to giving our children every opportunity to feel successful and be the best that they can be.

Our mission statement says that we want our children to have the ‘roots to grow and the wings to fly’ meaning our greatest hope is that our children believe in themselves and their abilities, achieving not only academically but personally too so that they have the skills and attributes to succeed in life after primary school and beyond.