Church

St Mary's Church is a pivotal part of all we do here at St Mary's school. Led by the wonderful Reverend Anne we share in our vision that every child can flourish and fly. Through Love, Respect and Friendship we work collaboratively to ensure our children and wider community can be the best they can be. The story of The Good Samaritan underpins these values.

A Moral Compass

Collective Worship is usually led every Wednesday in Church by Reverend Anne after careful planning with our Worship team who help her deliver God's message. However, with the restrictions currently in place we are doing things differently! Worship's each week are now online. We use Reverend Anne still as well as taking part in and leading whole MAT worships across our four schools in the trust. We are proud that we can continue our time with God in these unprecedented times where God's love is needed more than ever.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT OUR WORSHIP TEAM BLOGS TOO:

https://www.st-marys-colton.staffs.sch.uk/news-events/blogs

As a church school we are supported by the Lichfield Diocese. As such we are subject to regular inspections to ensure the highest standards are met within our school.

Courageous Advocacy: School Council Colouring Competition

Half Term Colouring competition

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At St Mary’s, we are courageous advocates for the common good, locally, nationally and globally.We recognise that life is full of ups and downs and that at times all people and species of animal will face challenges that they need help and support in overcoming.We support a range of charities in our local area, nationally and globally.The school council and Worship teamwork with staff, leadership, PTA and St. Mary's Church to identify worthy causes to support. This term we want to help animals through the charity WWF.

Our School Christian Values for 2020-21

Autumn 1: Respect

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Autumn 2: Generosity

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Feeding of the 5000

Spring 1: Truthfulness/Trust

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Jesus calms the storm

Spring 2: Forgiveness

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Zacchaeus The Tax Collector

Summer 1: Creativity

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The Creation Story

Summer 2: Thankfulness

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Jesus heals the 10 men

Our Values for 2019-20

Autumn 1: Responsibility: The story of Joseph

Responsibility

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Autumn 2: Service: The Last Supper

Service

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Spring 1: Justice: Jonah and the Whale

Justice

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Spring 2: Courage: David and Goliath

Courage

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Summer 1: Compassion: The story of Moses

Compassion

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Summer 2: Peace: David and King Saul

Peace

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Courageous Advocacy

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Our charitable work here at St Mary's.

Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools

SIAMS Reports

St Mary's SIAMS 2015

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All Church of England dioceses and the Methodist Church use the National Society's framework for the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005. The framework sets out the expectations for the conduct of the Statutory Inspection of Anglican, Methodist and ecumenical Schools under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005 and provides a process for evaluating the extent to which church schools are "distinctively and recognisably Christian institutions".

Inspection focus

SIAMS inspection focuses on the effect that the Christian ethos of the church school has on the children and young people who attend it. Church schools will employ a variety of strategies and styles, which reflect their particular local context or church tradition in order to be distinctive and effective. Inspectors will, therefore, not be looking to apply a preconceived template of what a church school should be like.

The principal objective of SIAMS inspection is to evaluate the distinctiveness and effectiveness of the school as a church school.

Towards this objective, inspectors seek answers to four key questions.

How well does the school, through its distinctive Christian character, meet the needs of all learners?
What is the impact of collective worship on the school community?
How effective is the Religious Education? (in VA schools and academies)
How effective are the leadership and management of the school as a church school?

The National Society's Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) framework is used in all Section 48 inspections of Church of England schools and in the denominational inspection of academies.