Welcome to
The Cathedral C of E (VA) Primary School
At the Cathedral C of E Primary School, we welcome children, their parents and families into a warm, friendly and hardworking environment where our Christian Vision and Values are at the heart of all we do.
We hope that our website provides a sense of our values, and the aspirations we have for the pupils in our care. Please explore further to learn more about our school or contact us to arrange a visit. We look forward to meeting you!
The Cathedral School is proud to be a church school and we work very closely with Chelmsford Cathedral.
Our Vision & Values
At The Cathedral School we are proud of our distinctive church ethos. ‘Flourishing Together – rooted in love’ drives everything we do.
We aim to be distinctive in our Christian Character by living out this vision alongside our values of compassion, courage, wisdom and hope daily. Our staff are role models in the way they interact with each other and with our pupils, living out our school vision and values in all they do. Visitors often comment on the behaviour of our children and that they are polite and respectful individuals.
Our 4 Christian values are firmly rooted into the daily life of the school.
Compassion
‘Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience - Colossians 3 v12
At The Cathedral School Compassion means:
- Showing kindness to each other
- Doing things through our actions to help people
- Doing things through our actions to help people
- Putting ourselves ‘into other people shoes’ to try and understand how they might feel
- Recognising when our friends or people in our school might need to talk to someone and finding people to help them
- Caring for our school and our local environment
- Understanding that we can all make mistakes
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Courage
"Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! - Psalm 31:24
At The Cathedral School Compassion means:
- Having a go and sticking at a task or new experiences
- Showing a ‘I can’ positive mindset even if it feels challenging or difficult
- Coming out of our comfort zone
- Having the confidence to say no when others want you to do something you don’t want to do or you don’t feel is right
- Speak out or make changes to things that you feel are unjust or not right
- Overcoming barriers in your learning or life that prevent you from being the best version of yourself
- Being ambitious in your aspirations – go for your dreams!
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Wisdom
‘All wisdom comes from God’ Proverbs 2:6
At The Cathedral School Wisdom means:
- making the ‘right’ choice, understanding why those choices were the right ones and showing it in our actions
- doing the right thing with what we know
- applying the things we our taught and advised in school to our learning and how we behave
- knowing right from wrong and then acting on this
- not just being clever
- understanding our actions have consequences for others and ourselves
- thinking about what God might do in a situation
- asking questions to find out more
- continually finding out more and using it in our lives
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Hope
‘But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint’ Isaiah 40:31
At The Cathedral School Hope means:
- being aspirational in all we do
- having a positive attitude
- showing resilience and perseverance
- understanding the journey may be difficult but having the belief that there will be a positive outcome
- trusting and knowing that God and those around us will help us through difficult times
- working together and supporting each other
- having confidence in our future
- never giving up on each other
- helping each other to find light in dark times
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