Our Church School

Church Schools are part of the diocesan family. The diocese has a vision that shapes how we grow and work together. What are we about as churches, schools and Diocese?

Generous Churches Making & Nurturing Disciples
There’s the opportunity for growth everywhere!

Here are the Five Marks of Growing we have agreed to help shape our vision.
Christ-likeness
Being a disciple means first of all being like Jesus — centred on God, shaping our whole lives in line with faith in him, being generous and loving even when it is costly.
Commitment
Taking faith seriously involves deepening our commitment — to Christ, to Christ’s body the Church, to seeking God’s kingdom. Among the ways through which we can build our
commitment are regular participation in worship, generous stewardship, and letting God’s gifts grow in ourselves and others.
Partnership
Partnership is about working with other churches, locally and globally, schools, community groups, people, organisations for the common good. It brings with it opportunities for the
whole Church of God to grow in influence and numbers, as well as often making better use of scarce resources.
Influence
As disciples we are called to be salt and light to the whole world, and to work for peace and justice. A key part of our calling is to influence attitudes and behaviours in our communities and wider society.
Numbers
Jesus’ last recorded command was to make disciples. We must be bold in our aim to increase the number of people associated with our churches, as worshippers and disciples. If a church is growing in numbers, it is often because it is focusing on other Marks of Growing. Increasing numbers is often a sign of spiritual health and certainly increases the Church’s potential and capacity to do God’s work.

This is what our vision for Generous Churches Making and Nurturing Disciples is all about. The five marks are a focus on how we work out God’s mission in our Diocese. It’s about growing, and working together.

Vision, Values and our Christian Ethos

Lady Elizabeth Hastings is a Church of England school, having at its heart the Christian faith.

Everyone is welcome here.

We welcome those of faith and those families of no faith.

Our vision and values underpin all that we do. They are the roots from which we grow:

Guided by our vision and values rooted in Christianity, we endeavour to motivate and inspire everyone to:

be kind, be curious and be proud.

To be the best that you can be!

We aspire to equip everyone to meet the challenges of an ever changing
world, and to reach out to the wider community.

We will share the Gospel and give everyone the
opportunity to accept Jesus Christ as their support, guide and friend.

Our school is Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ legacy;

Anything is possible with faith in God.

If you believe, you see, God is able to do all things, in accordance to his plan, purpose and will. (Mark 9:23)