St Mary’s Primary School is a Catholic Maintained school serving the parish of Pomeroy. We are committed to the aims of Catholic education enabling children to fulfil their potential for Christian, academic and personal development.

We have a caring school where everyone is valued and respected, and where the whole school community shares a common goal; to do the very best for all the children in our care. We encourage everyone to be part of our school. Our success depends on co-operation between pupils, staff, parents, Governors and the wider parish community.

Together, inspired by our faith in Christ, we will provide a happy secure and stimulating learning environment where all our children will achieve their full potential and will be well equipped to meet the challenges and opportunities of later life.

Aims for pupils:

St Mary’s Primary School promotes high achievement and learning for life by working with children to:-

• Develop enquiring minds and a spirit of curiosity
• Become highly motivated independent learners
• Have high self esteem – respecting themselves, others and the environment
• Be able to work independently and co-operatively
• Achieve high standards in all areas of the curriculum
• Develop high levels of ICT skills
• Take responsibility for their own learning as they grow into reliable, independent and positive citizens

Mission for our School

We believe each child will succeed through experiencing quality in:

• An ethos of fairness, tolerance, compassion and forgiveness
• A broad, balanced and challenging curriculum
• An enriching programme of extra curricular activities
• A stimulating learning environment
• A rich, varied and up to date range of learning resources
• Innovative teaching using a range of strategies and approaches
• A distinctive ethos of support and encouragement to succeed
• Positive and supportive pastoral systems
• Learning partnerships between home, school and the wider community