A Church School
We're proud of our identity as a church school!
We were inspected by SIAMS in May 2022. SIAMS inspection explores the question, “How effective is the school’s distinctive Christian vision, established and promoted by leadership at all levels, in enabling pupils and adults to flourish?” We're delighted to share that we were rated as 'Good'!
Read our report below:
Worship
We have collective worship daily, either together as a whole school or as individual classes. We celebrate, praise, learn and reflect - putting our values into action.
Our Worships are led by a variety of people including school staff, students, Rev'd James Menzies, visitors and online providers.
Parents have the right to withdraw their children from worship by informing the headteacher in writing.
Our school prayer
Dear Lord
Even if this is all I do today,
Help me to live the St Andrew's Way.
Amen
The DSAT prayer
Dear Father God,
Thank you for our family of schools.
Thank you for what we can achieve together.
Help us all to get better and better in everything we do,
To go beyond expectations every day.
As we serve each other in love and in your strength,
In Jesus' name
Amen
Courageous Advocacy
At St Andrew's we encourage and support our children to be "courageous advocates". This means we support and champion ethical and charitable activities on a local, national and global level.
To help us understand what courageous advocacy looks like, we take time to consider key figures and their impacts on the world. In previous years we've considered Jane Goodall, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks and David Attenborough.
We are very keen to involve our children and local community in decisions about which charities to support, and we encourage them to be as involved as possible in leading our fundraising efforts. Ask us about how we've raised money and awareness about the causes close to our hearts!
Our wider Christian family
DSAT
St Andrew's is part of the Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust. As a Christian trust, Christian values and service are at the heart of all we do within the trust. To find out more about DSAT's vision and values click below:
https://www.dsat.org.uk/vision-and-values/
Local Churches
We are fortunate to have two churches local to us, both of whom work with us regularly and who are part of the Ridgeway team.
Our immediate parish church is St Andrew's Church in Preston.
Our other closely linked church is St Francis Church in Littlemoor.
http://www.thechurchinlittlemoor.co.uk/
The Diocese of Salisbury - Church of England
As well as being part of the Diocese by belonging to its own Trust of schools, our links extend into the wider Diocesan family too. The Salisbury Anglican website offers information and guidance on prayer, support, inspiration and much more.
https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/