Our Mission Statement

Our Lady and St. Thomas R.C. Primary School recognises the uniqueness of each individual child and member of staff in its care and aims to provide a balanced, relevant school experience within the context of a Christian Catholic environment, dedicated to promoting gospel values. By communicating these values through words and actions we aim for our school to be characterised by tolerance of differences in others, mutual trust in an atmosphere of forgiveness and reconciliation with a respect for the life experiences of pupils and staff. In these ways and through the provision of high quality teaching and learning experiences, we aim to enable our children to continue to achieve their potential as literate, numerate, understanding adults with a variety of life enhancing skills and attitudes.

Our School Motto

 We care                      for others as we would like to be cared for ourselves.  

                                        for things God given and human made.

                                         for ourselves and how we look.

                                          for our work and how we present it.

                                          for our school, buildings,gardens,playgrounds, 

                                         equipment and books.

 We are courteous        to all people at all times with a smile.

                                           to each other in and around the school.

                                            to visitors whom we welcome with a smile and a

                                            greeting of ‘May I help you?’

We are concerned           that our school is a fair and happy place for everyone.

                                           that each classroom is a welcoming place to be.

                                           for all living things in our school.

                                           for those who need our help, who are hurt, sad or lonely.

                                           for those less fortunate than ourselves.

The Governing Body of Our Lady & St Thomas’s Catholic Primary School is the Admissions Authority for this school. The governing body intends to admit up to 17 pupils to the Reception year group in September 2007-08. This number will apply to the Reception

2. Children who are baptised as Catholics or have been formally received into the Catholic Church, whose home address is outside of the parish boundaries

3. Children who are baptised as Catholics or have been formally received into the Catholic Church, whose home address is outside of the parish boundaries

6.Children who have not been baptised as Catholics nor have been formally received into the Catholic Church, but who are Looked After Children (Children in the care of the Local Authority)

8. Brothers and sisters of children of other Faith traditions and who will already be attending the school at the time of admission.

9. Children who have not been baptised as Catholics nor have been formally received into the Catholic Church, but who have Special Educational Needs or other special circumstances.

10. Children of other Christian denominations who do not have a brother or sister at the school.

11. Children of other Faith traditions who do not have a brother or sister at the school.

12. Other children.