Mission Statement

All Saints’ is a school where the Catholic faith is taught, lived and celebrated. We will educate the whole person spiritually, morally and intellectually. We embrace Catholic values in all we do and in all our relationships. We will identify and cater for the individual student’s needs and prepare them for responsible participation in society. Our aim is to follow Christ's teaching, as found in the Gospels, in everything we do.
Our school motto, ‘Luceat Lux Vestra’, ‘Let Your Light Shine’ summarises our Mission Statement. It is known, lived and witnessed throughout the school and has a significant impact on learning and the life of the school.  

British Values and our Catholic Ethos

The Government set out its definition of ‘British Values’ in the ‘Prevent Strategy’ (2011), which was designed to prevent the extremism and religious radicalisation of young people. British values are considered by the present government to be democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. The promotion of ‘British values’ is central to Catholic education at All Saints’ because British values have their origin in the Christian values of our nation. All Saints’ is a Catholic school which actively promotes tolerance, forgiveness and reconciliation. Our mission and whole school values encourage inclusivity and respect.
The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales states that:
“The Catholic school aims to be a community within the wider Catholic body which promotes by its teaching, relationships and worship the following of Christ by its members. For its fruitfulness it depends particularly on the faith of its adult members and the way in which they are able to cloth that faith in daily living”.
That means the school should be “Christo-centric”. That Christ should be the centre of all that we do in our learning, in our leisure and in our worship. Christ then should be reflected in all areas of school life. In doing so, we encourage our students to be the best version of themselves as they live the mission and learn the importance of demonstrating our SHINE values.

Patron Saints and House Saints

Our school Feast Day is 1st November. Which is a Holy Day of Obligation. 
This year, KS3 had a Mass celebrated on 1st November by Fr Chris McGrane. KS4 had a prayerful liturgy led by the Student Leadership Team and members of the Pupil Chaplaincy.

St Francis of Assisi (A)

Feast Day: 4th October 
Born: 1181/1182 – Died: October 3rd 12.26. St Francis is the Patron Saint of Animals, Ecology and the Poor. A humble man who gave everything he had up, and lived in poverty. An advocate of peace; a Steward of Creation and someone who cared for the environment.

CST Virtues: Creation, Environment, Peace, Steward. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) (MT)

Feast Day: 5th September
Born: 29th August 1910 – Died: 5th September 1997. 
St Teresa of Calcutta was someone who totally dedicated her life to the poorest of the poor. She treated people with absolute dignity, respect and love.

CST Virtues: Dignity, Option for the Poor, Participation, Respect.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Oscar Romero (R)

Feast Day: 24th March
Born: 15th August 1917 – Died: 24th March 1980
St Oscar Romero is a relatively new Saint. Someone who showed absolute bravery and stood up for all people and their rights. Advocate of justice as people in El Salvador were being treated cruelly. Someone who had absolute faith and bravery. He told us to “aspire not to have more but to be more”. Assassinated whilst saying Mass in 1980.

CST Virtues: Aspiration, Bravery, Faith, Justice.

 

Brother Roger of Taize (T)

Birthday: 12th May 1915 – Died 16th August 2005.
We remember Brother Roger on his birthday in school. 

Br Roger Taize was someone who founded the Taize community; an order of Monks. Spent his life trying to unite people from different Christian denominations. A kind man and a man of great faith. He saw no differences, and only wanted to unite all. Assassinated in 2005 during evening prayer service.

CST Virtues: Community, Hope, Kindness, Solidarity.

Liturgical Year

  

The Church year is split into different seasons based on the life of Christ.
The liturgical year starts with Advent at the end of November/beginning of December, and ends the same time the following year.
The main seasons are:

• Advent
• Christmas
• Lent/Holy Week
• Easter
• Ordinary Time

 

Masses/ Liturgies – 2024-2025

19th September 2024 – Welcome Mass
We were pleased to have two Masses, celebrated by Fr Chris, to begin our new school year. Following the usual tradition of All Saints’ our Year 7 pupils were ‛clapped in’. Our choir led us in song and our chaplaincy team led us with our readings. 

              

 

10th October 2024 – Chaplaincy Training and Valley Mass
Today we welcomed our Catholic feeder Primary schools to All Saints’ for their annual Chaplaincy Training Day. Pupils completed workshops on the theme of Laudato Si – Our Common Home. Later that afternoon we welcomed clergy: Canon McBride, Fr Chris McGrane and Fr Simon Stamp, – to school to concelebrate Mass, where the pupils from our Valley Catholic Cluster of schools were commissioned and received their certificates. Thank you to Canon McBride for commissioning the pupils into their respective GIFT/ Chaplaincy Teams.

1st November 2024 – All Saints’ Day
Today we had a Key Stage 3 Mass for All Saints’ Day and a KS4 Liturgy. Our Student Leadership Team led us in the prayers and readings for the KS4 liturgy and members of the Chaplaincy Group led us in our readings for the KS3 Mass. Thank you to Fr Chris for celebrating and to Lucas in Y7 for being an Altar Server. Pupils received sweets as a further way of celebrating this Holy Day of Obligation and our schools’ namesake.

Previous Section 48 report:
All Saints’ was previously inspected in November 2016. A link to the previous report can be found here:
https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/All-Saints-final-report.pdf

Summary of how delivery of PSHCE and British Values links to Catholic Ethos and RSHE

All students at All Saints’ follow a programme of Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE), with a weekly session delivered by their Form Tutors during form time. The PSHE curriculum complements the programmes of study for all other subjects and aims to help our students develop key skills and acquire the knowledge, understanding and attributes they need to manage their lives now and in the future. It aims to introduce our students to the concept that they are part of a wider community as global citizens now and in their future roles within a global community and enables students to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to keep themselves healthy and safe, and prepared for life and work.
Through our PSHE curriculum, we aim to help build confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives and enjoy learning. We want our students to become responsible citizens who make positive contributions to society. This is clearly aligned to our Mission Statement because, as a Catholic school we educate the whole person spiritually and morally as well as intellectually and prepare them for responsible participation in society.

Our PSHE curriculum, while underpinned by our Catholic ethos, includes opportunities to link to British Values as well as Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) developments. Our resources include Ten Ten resources and resources from the PSHE association. 

If you have any comments or feedback regarding our updated Relationships, Sex and Health Education policy (available below), which is the model secondary policy as created by Salford Diocese, please complete this form. https://forms.office.com/e/Tt4VP0ebF5