Our Mission

As part of the Diocese of Southwark, we share in its mission from Christ to proclaim the gospel through our lives and our words to the Catholic community and to the wider community of which we are a part.

We are commissioned by the Archbishop to work together to enable the Kingdom of God to flourish through our schools and colleges.

Vision

We are called to help Catholic schools and colleges to develop as communities of evangelisation which:

• form an integral part of the mission of the Diocese;
• recognise their vocation to work in collaboration with the Archbishop;
• enable all associated with them to grow towards their full human potential;
• are inclusive of people of all abilities, educational needs, social backgrounds, and ethnic origins;
• support one another in fulfilling the mission of the Diocese and their own mission;
• work in the closest possible collaboration with the clergy;
• are characterised by the justice with which governors, parents, teaching staff, support staff and pupils act towards one another;
• contribute to the well-being of the local and wider community.

Aims

• to exercise, on behalf of the Archbishop, the statutory rights he holds under education law to provide, maintain and govern Catholic schools (land, buildings, Catholic senior staff, governors, ethos, religious education, Section 23 inspection);
• to exercise, on behalf of the archbishop, the statutory rights he holds under education law to have a place on local authority education committees, admissions forums, standing advisory councils for religious education, and on school organisation committees, to be consulted on local education authority development and other key plans, and to receive Section 10 inspection reports;
• to advise the Archbishop on matters relating to education;
• to represent the Archbishop at national level in education matters;
• to represent the Archbishop through pastoral care and support in being alongside headteachers and governors and their schools and colleges;
• to enable schools and colleges to recognise, celebrate and develop their contribution to the mission of the Diocese;
• to support the clergy in their role in relation to Catholic schools and colleges.