On behalf of the whole St Leonard’s CE Academy family, we are very proud to welcome you to our school.

St Leonard’s CE Primary Academy is a village school with good links to our local community and a strong relationship with St Leonard’s church. We are a one-form entry school, with seven classes in total, from Reception to Year 6; living and learning together, with God’s help. We offer a rich and varied curriculum.

As a church school and as an academy within the Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust, our Christian values underpin everything that we do.

We have high aspirations and expectations, we provide our children with the highest standard of education, inspiring them to develop life long learning skills. We encourage our children to be leaders and team players; confident individuals who set themselves challenging goals, enabling them to reach their full potential. It is important for our children to thrive; become creative risk takers, innovators, develop resilience and perseverance, whilst feeling safe and valued.

We think our academy is a very special place to be and visits to our academy are warmly encouraged.

We look forward to welcoming you to our St Leonard’s family very soon.

‘Living and Learning Together with God’s Help’

This is our schools’ mission statement and it encompasses everything we do.

The Biblical underpinning for the vision comes from Mark 1. Verses 9-12, The Baptism of Jesus.

This is the first public presentation of Jesus God the Son, and this was confirmed by the God the Father in the words from heaven, ‘You are my Son, whom I love, with you I am well pleased’ and receipt of God the Holy Spirit, symbolised by the dove.

• God the Father; confirmation that we are all made in the image of God and that we were made in and for relationship with God.
• God the Son, we are loved by God, because of Jesus love for us in his death on the cross giving us our relationship with God.
• God the Holy Spirit, the provision of the spirit of God to enable us to live in relationship with him.

What this means for our children.

• We are all equal, giving us dignity and respect because we are all made in the image of God to be in relationship with him.
• We are all loved for who we are, because of our relationship with God.
• We are all enabled to live and learn with God’s help, because of our access to the Holy Spirit of God, symbolised by the dove.

Our Values

Our daily life at St Leonard’s CE Primary Academy is underpinned by 12 Christian values. These are taught and modelled by all members of the school community.

• Generosity
• Compassion
• Truthfulness
• Justice
• Service
• Courage
• Forgiveness
• Friendship
• Respect
• Thankfulness
• Trust
• Perseverance

If you're searching for your next post, why not contact us now? You'll be working at a great school and be part of a friendly, helpful team. We're always interested to hear from enthusiastic, committed teachers - send us your CV now via our School Talent Pool and say what sort of role you're looking for.  By joining our School Talent Pool we'll know you're interested in working here when a future vacancy occurs.

DBAT was founded in 2012, enabling the Diocese of Bristol’s Board of Education to sponsor academies.

The management of its affairs are overseen by its Board of Directors which operates a flexible Scheme of Delegation. This is based on the principle of detailed monitoring against and evaluation of Ofsted and Diocesan Distinctiveness criteria of all academies in the MAT and increasing ‘earned autonomy’ once academies demonstrate they are ‘good’ or better.

Mission Statement

DBAT’s core purposes are to:

• focus on improving the educational experiences, employment prospects and life chances of young people, especially those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds;
• demonstrate that children’s life-chances are improved when their formal education is within the context of an Academy that is founded in the Christian tradition, establishes an ethos that is distinctively Christian and embraces the very best practices in teaching, learning, leadership, management and safety;
• accelerate students’ levels of attainment and achievement, and raises student, teacher and parental aspirations and ambitions ;
• help to create more cohesive communities enhancing opportunities for social mobility by striving to eliminate the attainment gap between students from disadvantaged backgrounds and young people who by circumstances of birth and inheritance take for granted their automatic right to a good education;
• transform the overall performance of underperforming schools in deprived areas, helping to improve and innovate in all aspects of teaching, learning and leadership and promoting the development of future leaders.

Vision

Diocese of Bristol Academies Trust (DBAT) aspires to transform the educational landscape of the Diocese, working with all Church academies (including educationally under-performing academies in disadvantaged socio-economic areas) to accelerate student attainment and contribute to community cohesion, so transforming academy performance and students’ life chances through excellent leadership.

Values

DBAT adopts the Diocesan values for schools which is that families of schools collectively meet all students’ needs and are based on the fundamental belief that all students can achieve, succeed and thrive. We own that it is our job to ensure this happens so that:

• Families protect all their member schools
• Families of schools meet the needs of all employees
• Families facilitate knowledge transfer
• Families distribute innovation
• Families save time and money
• Families ensure that all students can achieve, succeed and thrive
• Families deal effectively with special educational needs
• Families support new and existing leaders
• Families embed the capacity to improve/manage change
• Families build leadership capacity and succession
• Families aid the integration of Children’s services

In all Families there will be stronger and weaker partners but all are valued.

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