Summary

School name
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School
Address
Station Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 6PB
School type
Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
Age range
11 to 16
Size
760 pupils enrolled
Email address
recruitment@st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk
Website address
http://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/ (opens in new tab)

About Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School

We are an 11-16 Mixed Catholic Voluntary Aided High School in Bamber Bridge in the Diocese of Salford. There are currently 761 pupils on roll. This has increased year on year, and we are now oversubscribed in Years 7 to 9. In May 2022 we went through an extensive refurbishment and added a new school entrance, new toilet facilities and developed new ICT suites, RE classroom, staffroom, music room and school dining facility for pupils.
The Mission Statement of Brownedge St Mary’s expresses our intention to ensure that all pupils are given the opportunity to fulfil their potential using their unique talents gifted to them by God. Our inclusive ethos and high aspirations for our pupils commits us to providing opportunities that allow all pupils to develop as independent, confident and successful learners who enjoy learning and make good progress.
Through our Mission, we develop pupils’ personal and moral values based on our Catholic ethos, teaching them respect for other cultures, religions and ways of life (including British Values) and ensuring that all know how to make a constructive contribution to the local, national and worldwide community.
Our curriculum is responsive to our local context and the profile of our cohort entry. Building on knowledge of pupils’ prior learning, we ensure that pupils are challenged from day one through new and engaging learning. We ensure that our broad and balanced curriculum, delivered by specialist staff, equips our learners to transition into appropriate progression routes and ensures that pupils gain secure knowledge, transferable skills and values which will allow them to lead successful and fulfilling lives.
Our curriculum has been designed and developed to ensure there is no cap on expectations and ambitions and meets the needs of different groups. It has been designed to be ambitious and to give all pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND, the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. We plan and sequence our learning such that all groups make good progress. Challenging concepts are revisited so that pupils can make sustained gains in new knowledge.
Five years ago, we adopted a Threshold Model, requiring all subjects to develop Progression Models to ensure that the curriculum is coherently planned and sequenced, and that knowledge is acquired, remembered, built on and applied. These are constantly revised and amended from reflection of what our pupils need to know and when best to teach it. We equip learners with the technical and subject-specific vocabulary to articulate precisely their learning, orally and in extended writing. We expect all learners to appreciate the value of reading widely for pleasure. All learners are engaged in an ambitious curriculum pathway, whether it be traditional EBacc, technical or vocational. Work undertaken on our curriculum intent and implementation has had impact. The deepening knowledge is starting to impact positively on GCSE outcomes. We are committed to continuous improvement.
In January 2020, we were visited by OFSTED who recognized that we are a continuously GOOD school.
In November 2022, we were visited by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate who recognized that we are OUTSTANDING in terms of our Catholic Life and Mission and Collective Worship and our RE Faculty were GOOD in terms of curriculum provision, outcomes and leadership.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Location and map

Station Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 6PB

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