Values and Vision

Bishop Ramsey School is part of The Veritas Educational Trust: Where all are valued.

We are a Christian Learning Community. Christian is who we are, Learning is what we do, and Community is how we do it.

The vision and values of Bishop Ramsey School are rooted in the biblical principles of hope and love as expressed in John 10:10; that all of our students will have every possible opportunity to experience ‘life in all its fullness’.

This is further grounded in the claim of Jesus, that He is ‘the way, the truth and the life’ John 14:6. This verse highlights Jesus' role in restoring humanity’s relationship with God the Father, alongside the broad extent to which Jesus represents the fullness of human life, ambition and experience.

The Way - Loving

Jesus is the way of love, the example of human character and expression. This is realised in the development of character in our staff and students. Character shaped in love, that prepares our students for the joys and trials of life enabling them to be positive, contributors to their families, friends and professional environments they will enter for the benefit of all society.

The Truth - Learning

Discerning the truth is the goal of our search for knowledge. Learning sits at the centre of school life. In inspiring our students to discover and question and learn, we seek to develop life-long learners who have the tools to make sense of an ever-changing world. This in turn prepares them for both their examinations in the immediate future and the, as yet unknown, phases of life that are to follow.

The Life - Living

Jesus promises life in all its fullness. Students enter our community from a broad range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. It is our goal that in their time at Bishop Ramsey, students will all have equitable opportunities for life experiences, shaping them and preparing for their life that is to come.

Living out our Vision

‘over all these virtues put on love, which binds them together in perfect unity’

(Colossians 3:14)

We have chosen six virtues which enable us to live out this vision. These virtues are the vehicle by which love meets good choices, courageous advocacy, and compassionate actions. Our virtues are:

Wisdom – Compassion – Justice – Humility – Courage – Integrity

'For wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.’

(Proverbs 8:11)
 

As a school, we recognise that every individual is created in the image of God.

We seek to nurture each member of our community to develop their skills and abilities in a positive and ordered learning environment, so that students mature into responsible and caring adults, and that all members of our school community recognise the value of every individual in God's eyes.

As a Church of England school we wish students to grow in the Christian faith. While being firmly committed to this, we encourage an understanding of and a respect for those of other faiths and of none.

The principle of Christian stewardship underpins our approach to the use of the school's resources.