Pupil Development

Development of the whole child is key to our children's education at St Vincent's. Our vision is that our children develop a strong spiritual and moral identity in a loving, nurturing environment, underpinned by our Catholic faith. We provide an outstanding level of education and pastoral support where we encourage our children to develop character through a growth mindset by challenging themselves. Our aim is that our children are happy, resilient and that they become responsible young people who show respect to others. We believe that our pupils make a positive contribution to the community and leave St Vincent’s ready for the next stage of their learning.

The need to develop children’s personal skills to live in a rapidly changing world, forms the basis of UNESCO’s drive to teach global citizenship skills to children and young people starting with early years education. We have a specific focus on education that develops the knowledge and understanding, skills, values and attitudes learners need for securing a world which is more just, peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable. In addition, our education provides the development of certain soft skills:

‘social skills such as empathy and conflict resolution, communication skills and aptitudes for networking and interacting with people of different backgrounds, origins, cultures and perspectives; and behavioural capacities to act collaboratively and responsibly.’ (Keevey, J. and Chakroun, B. (2015) Level-setting and recognition of learning outcomes: The use of level descriptors in the twenty-first century. UNESCO: Paris). 

We have a well established system of pastoral care and support for our pupils and firmly embedded within the curriculum are opportunities to develop these 'softer skills' 

Growth Mindset

Co-operative Learning Techniques

Character Education

Personal Social Health Education (PSHE)

Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural education (SMSC)

Relationships and Sex Education  (RSE)

As a forward thinking school we continually look for ways to enhance the personal development of our children. To this end, we have demonstrated a commitment to promoting pupils' personal development and skills by achieving the externally assessed Excellence in Pupil Development Award.