Our Vision and Values

“In His Footsteps, we love, learn and shine together.”

Love: let us love one another as God intended

Learn: Jesus grew in wisdom and stature

Shine Together: within our Christian Community

St. Helen’s C. E. Primary School strives to provide a safe, happy and nurturing environment which puts the needs of our children at the heart of our school. We make learning engaging, inside and outside of the classroom, by providing a broad, balanced and creative curriculum which inspires all children to foster a love of learning and be the very best that they can be. Our school provides all children and adults with a sense of belonging within our school community, so that everyone has pride in what we are achieving.

From this strong foundation we nurture each child by developing resilience, confidence and self-belief through our shared Christian Values of:

• Love

• Hope

• Thankfulness

• Courage

• Forgiveness

• Truthfulness

Whilst we believe that every child should achieve their full potential in the image of God, we are committed to ensuring we develop the whole child, linked to the Church of England’s vision July 2016 of “life in all its fullness”. 

LDST Vision and Purpose

Learn, Love and Achieve, Together with Jesus

What is our purpose?

Working together with our school communities, provide an excellent education and life-enhancing relationships with the Christian faith and Jesus Christ.

We do this through:

• Being a family of schools that is committed to well-being and supporting each other, so that all children, learners and staff across our Trust, flourish. 
• Connecting with each other to share practice and provide an excellent education that is  built on distinctly Christian values.
• A commitment to inclusion, ensuring that all learners thrive through an education that teaches wisdom, instils hope, nurtures community and embeds dignity and respect.
• Strong bonds of collaboration, innovative approaches to education and a shared purpose amongst schools, families and communities.

What is our vision?

 As a Diocesan Trust, our Christian values are intrinsically linked to our commitment to provide an innovative, high quality education, so that children and learners make excellent progress and fulfil their academic potential, by ensuring that:

 We live out our Christian values to develop future citizens who can contribute positively to a caring, compassionate nation

• We share a Trust-wide commitment to providing an education that enables children and learners to flourish and achieve - academically spiritually, morally, socially, culturally, physically.

• We celebrate diversity, address inequality, overcome disadvantage and raise aspirations so that learners can achieve their highest academic potential.

• Access to an inspirational curriculum and excellent teaching enables our children to acquire a deep body of knowledge and a zest for life-long learning

• Our schools  can thrive under outstanding local leadership, accountable to the Executive team and Board of Directors.

• We identify talents and provide opportunities for staff to develop, pursue career developments and contribute significantly to wider improvements

• We maintain a strong emphasis on safeguarding and the mental health and well-being of all our pupils and staff

• Our schools are self-sustaining, inclusive learning communities of professionals who connect and collaborate to share best practice and innovative approaches rooted in informed evidence

Our Core values:

We value Difference:

 We are respectful of the:

 Uniqueness of each individual school

• Differences within each school and community

We value Local

Providing aligned support and central services to empower local leaders to make local decisions that meet the needs of the local communities

We value Collaboration

We value the opportunities to collaborate and work as a team to improve outcomes across our Trust

• And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds….encouraging one another’ Hebrews 10:24-25.

We value Inclusion

We welcome all and are committed to ensuring that each pupil receives an educational experience related to their own personal gifts or needs

• We celebrate diversity and the individual talents of our pupils and staff

CEO Welcome

Learn, Love and Achieve, Together with Jesus 

I am delighted to welcome you to the Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust. 

The Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust is proud to be the Diocesan MAT in the Diocese of Liverpool, established to keep the family of schools together and to provide life-enhancing relationships with the Christian faith and Jesus Christ.

 As the Diocesan MAT, we have a very clear purpose, and our vision is uncompromising. We aim to provide an innovative, high-quality education, so that all children and learners, regardless of background, ethnicity or need, make excellent progress, and fulfil their academic potential.

 We do this through being a family of schools. We support and connect with each other, share practice, and provide an excellent education that is built on distinctly Christian values, so that all children, learners and staff across our Trust, flourish. Central to this are our core values of collaboration, difference, local and inclusion, and our commitment to ensuring that all learners thrive through an education that teaches wisdom, instils hope, nurtures community, and embeds dignity and respect.

 We are committed to supporting all schools across the Diocese, and outside the Diocese, including community schools, and as we grow and develop further, we are very much looking forward to welcoming new schools into our Trust. If you would like to have an informal conversation, please do contact me and I would be delighted to share who we are and what joining our family of schools would mean for you.

Laurie Kwissa
Chief Executive Officer