Our Vision & Ethos
Our Vision
At Bishop Justus we seek to educate the whole person, so that each child will be able to live life 'to the full' (John 10:10). Inspired by the Good Shepherd in John 10, we want each child and member of staff (our flock) to flourish and realise their potential. For our children, this is enabled by excellent education, delivered via a broad and balanced curriculum, with a rich variety of experiences that extend beyond the classroom. We want our students to succeed, in the widest possible sense, using their God given talents fully as children of God. Together as a worshipping community, we turn to the example Christ, the Good Shepherd, gives us for living life 'to the full' (John 10:10, NIV) and to the biblical accounts of others who met challenges and overcame them through faith. We are a diverse school community and the biblical stories of many speak to us, so we offer |
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opportunities to find biblical leaders who speak to us. Through working together, as our motto says, we aim to achieve 'success through faith, love and learning'. |
Our Ethos
We want our students to have a strong character and be aspirational. The virtues we hope to nurture in our students are many, but in particular these: faith, hope, love, wisdom, courage and kindness. Of all our virtues we emphasise the virtue of love, a love that is perfectly exemplified through the words and actions of Jesus Christ. We want to develop our students to be hard-working and thoughtful individuals who care for themselves and others. Rigorous academic skills and a strong work ethic need to go hand in hand with compassion and empathy in the character of a Bishop Justus student. We base our virtues on Christian teachings rooted in the Bible and in particular, the parable of the Good Shepherd in John 10. These virtues are shared human virtues that can be embraced by all, whether religious or not. Students will develop and strengthen their character through their journey together at Bishop Justus, so that when they leave, they do so as young adults equipped with | |
Christian virtues that will support them for life. They will have received an education that has nurtured them into becoming well-rounded individuals that have strong characters that enable them to live ‘life in all its fullness.’ | |