About Holy Rood RC High School

Holy Rood’s Mission Statement

We, the community of Holy Rood High School, Inspired and helped by the holy spirit, Aim to work together to build an inclusive community based on the Christian values of Love, Forgiveness and Justice. In doing so, we hope to promote the spiritual, intellectual, moral, physical, emotional wellbeing and social development of everyone in our school community.

We aim in our relationships to show the highest level of care and compassion for one another based on mutual respect and support. We recognise, respect and celebrate the wonderful religious, cultural and social diversity we have within our school community. We will celebrate and give thanks for each other, especially in prayer and in the Eucharist.

We aim to deliver high standards of effective learning and teaching, in a supportive and nourishing environment to enable all pupils to develop positive attitudes towards learning, achieve their full potential, develop self worth and build the resilience and self awareness required for life. We will provide the pastoral and chaplaincy support which underpins academic achievement for all.

We aim to strengthen our relationship with the families, parishes, primaries and the local and global communities we are part of, to enable us to enrich the experiences that we offer our pupils and to celebrate and share our pupils’ gifts, talents and successes for the benefit of others.

We aim to provide high quality leadership at all levels in our school community.

We aim to offer everyone who comes to our school generous hospitality and a welcome that reflects our vision of the God-given dignity of all.