Our Catholic Life

What does Catholic Life mean to us?

At Holy Spirit Catholic Academy, we aim to embrace the love of Christ by promoting a strong partnership between home, school and parish whilst providing a loving and safe environment to support every aspect of the whole person.

• Celebrating each individual and developing a sense of personal responsibility.
• Actively seeking to welcome and support families of the children of Holy Spirit.
• Involving the whole community that revolves around Holy Spirit.
• Valuing extra-curricular achievement.

To promote the Catholic life of the school we aim to work together to discover and nurture the full potential of each individual, to provide an understanding of values for Christian living so as to develop confident and independent learners.

We achieve this by:

• Promoting high expectations of the whole community.
• Following Christ’s example by setting an example to others.
• Providing all with an opportunity to develop skills, attitudes, knowledge and understanding in all aspects of the curriculum.
• Full implementation of the ‘To Know You More Clearly’ and ‘Come and See’ programmes for Religious Education.

Mission Statement

Our Vision is for every child and adult to thrive and achieve their full potential – the Holy Spirit Way.

The Holy Spirit Way is to inspire and nurture:

R.S.H.E.

RSHE (Relationship, Sex and Health Education) is part of the mission of Catholic schools to educate the whole person. It is carried out as part of the holistic education which seeks to form as well as inform young people in preparation for adult life. (Catholic Education Service) Catholic schools are required to deliver RSHE in accordance with the teaching of the Church. This approach is compatible with the guidance issued by the DFE. 

As a Catholic school, our mission is to support the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of all of our pupils, rooted in the wisdom and teaching of the Church. 

Through an agreed approach to Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), using the Archdiocesan recommended resource ‘Journey In Love’, we believe that we can promote the development of the whole child so that children can grow in virtue, wisdom and stature, understanding both the emotional, social and physical aspects of growing spiritually, as well as moral aspects of relationships within a context of a Christian vision for the purpose of life. 

For details please see our RSHE Curriculum page.