We aim to serve our community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian faith and practice. We encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promote Christian values through the experience we offer all our pupils. We believe that our Christian values spring from the two great commandments, ‘Love God and love your neighbour’. We seek to live this out through the power of the Holy Spirit.
At Venerable Bede CE Academy, our School Vision is:
“Soar to the heights together”
This is embodied in scripture:
‘But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint’. Isaiah 40:31
St Paul reminds us in Galatians 5.22-23 that the fruit of the Spirit is “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control”. These are also underpinned by the Old Testament injunction to “Do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God” Micah 6.8. These values rooted in the Christian Faith come as a package and we aim to embed them in the life of our school in a worked-out way. We recognise that at times we may highlight particular values to bring them into greater prominence within our school and these are currently the five values of Forgiveness, Hope, Joy, Perseverance and Wisdom. We believe these values to be in accordance with British values springing from our Judeo – Christian roots. Collective worship plays a major and vital part in assisting with this process of embedding these values in the life of our school.
Examples of Our Ethos in Action
Video Playlist
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Prayer Spaces 2019
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