Our Mission

Our children are all unique, beautiful individuals but together we are a masterpiece, brothers and sisters in Christ.

As witnesses of Christ, working together as a Team, we strive to promote the Gospel Values and Teachings of Jesus by providing a caring, stimulating environment, with nurture, trust, love and tolerance through our spirituality, learning and play. By making connections with Jesus, we promote high ambitions and confidence to achieve our goals.

After careful consideration of school and its specific needs, data analysis, national initiatives, OFSTED and the need to set a manageable number of development targets, which would be attainable within the resources and time available to school, the following were identified as priority development areas over the academic years 2025 to 2028 under the umbrella theme of ‘Championing ambition for all pupils’:

• Raise standards in English (Writing, Reading, Phonics) across the school  
• Raise standards in Mathematics across the school  
• Further develop, embed and consolidate new Religious Education Directory and Prayer and Liturgy Directory
• A Curriculum for all learners ensuring adaptive teaching practises are provided for all, including more able as well as those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils

 

Our identified priorities underpinning school improvement planning, supporting governors in their core duty of ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction. The above priorities will implement and drive:

• A continued, balanced focus upon achieving strong academic outcomes for all children, including more able as well as those with SEND and disadvantaged pupils
• Providing focused opportunities to enhance Cultural Capital for disadvantaged children and those with English as an additional language.
• Create bespoke opportunities for all children to collaborate and share meaningful experiences as part of an ongoing recovery curriculum that directly addresses the emotional and personal development needs of the whole school community as it aims to ameliorate the long-term impact of the Covid pandemic.
• To continue to go the extra mile to further develop the school's open culture supporting all elements of the diverse community it serves into school promoting collaboration and communication with each family
• To ensure that the promotion of staff well-being continues to be a distinct characteristic of life at English Martyrs', where work expectations are carefully balanced and staff are valued and flourish as a result of high-quality CPD.
• To develop staff expertise as curriculum leaders to embed expertise across all areas of the school's broad and balanced curriculum.

‘Championing ambition for all pupils’

Sources of Priorities

 

Mission Statement	Section 48 Report June 2025	CSED	OFSTED March 2023
Review of 2024 ~ 2025 SDP and SIP	Lancashire Schools Information Profile/Data 2025	IDSR 2024/2025	National Initiatives
Governing Body input	Local Authority input	SED	Staff input

Key Issues raised in most recent Ofsted Inspection (Section 8) 28^th & 29^th March 2023

 

Key Issue 1: Those responsible for governance have not ensured that they are informed well enough about some aspects of the leadership of the school. This prevents them from holding leaders to account fully for the quality of education that pupils receive. Governors should ensure that they have the information and expertise needed to hold leaders to account effectively.	Leadership and Management
Key Issue 2: Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough. This prevents these pupils from accessing the full curriculum and learning as well as they should. Leaders, including governors, should ensure that these pupils and their families receive the support they need to ensure that pupils attend school regularly.	Behaviour & Attitudes Leadership and Management
Key Issue 3: In a small number of subjects, on occasion, some teachers do not select appropriate activities that support pupils to learn the intended curriculum. This hinders some pupils’ learning and prevents them from building securely on what they know already. Leaders should ensure that teachers are supported well in these subjects to design learning for pupils.	Leadership and Management Quality of Education

 

As part of our vision, we will be providing all our pupils with wider opportunities to develop, grow, learn and excel. Each year whilst a pupil at English Martyrs’ Catholic Primary School, they will experience new things, have new adventures and make new memories.

As well as their curriculum learning, pupils will have enrichment opportunities to develop their…

Growth

Creativity

Global awareness

Cultural awareness

By the time pupils leave English Martyrs’ in Year 6, they will have developed their knowledge & skill so that they have the best possible start to their future education and life journey.