St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

“Caritas Christi Urget Nos –

The love of Christ urges us to care for each other and strive for excellence in everything we do.”

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The following vacancies are available along with application forms:

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Why choose us?

At St Vincent’s you will find a supportive and caring school community where everyone matters. Our school values are central to our teaching.  

We have:

Experienced SLT

Supportive staff teams and leaders

Staff well-being is a priority

Opportunities for career and personal development

Active and supportive governing body

Specialist teachers for PE, Dance, Art and MFL

 

St Vincent’s School is a successful, warm and friendly 1.5 form entry Barnet primary and nursery school, with a strong caring ethos. We have fantastic children who deserve the very best learning opportunities. Our children’s behaviour is exemplary and they are keen and motivated to learn. Our school is set in beautiful grounds – 15 acres of outdoor space which includes a thriving Forest School. Our staff team are supportive and caring, wellbeing is a focus and we have a strong commitment to innovative professional development.

We would like to hear from candidates who:

  • have experience working with children with a variety of special educational needs
  • recognise the value of outdoor learning and seek to promote this throughout the curriculum both inside and outside the classroom
  • be passionate about the value of early intervention to support educational successes in all areas of the curriculum
  • understand the importance of forming warm, trusting relationships with children
  • enjoy working as part of a successful team
  • recognise the importance of links between home and school
  • be inspirational, creative and enthusiastic

As part of our commitment to Racial Justice, Equality and Diversity, we welcome applicants from a range of diverse backgrounds.

Safeguarding Statement

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks which will include an enhanced DBS, the Children’s Barred List check, an online search and satisfactory references.

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Curriculum Intent

At St Vincent’s it is our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, in order to:

  • Live their lives by the Gospel and Vincentian values instilled in them at school.
  • Understand that everyone has the right and responsibility to live in our world constructively and ensure that we leave it in a better state than when we entered it by living and working through the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in line with the UNCRC (United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child)
  • Experience creativity across the curriculum through specialist art and dance lessons and opportunities to take part in art, music, dance and creative writing competitions.
  • Know the joy of outdoor learning, the rich biodiversity within our school grounds and locality and develop a responsibility for the environment we share as stewards.
  • Understand their place in the world, globally and locally, knowing the history of our school, Mill Hill and the Daughters of Charity and knowing where our diverse community members have their roots across the world.
  • Be ready and well-prepared for their next steps in life, having high aspirations for themselves and for others because they have experienced success and a belief in learning from mistakes.
  • Have a life-long curiosity, stimulated by the driving questions of Project Based Learning approach to the curriculum fostering inquiry and independent learning skills, which give confidence to ask big questions about the world.
  • Be literate and numerate having experienced a rich variety of texts to stimulate and excite the mind while developing skills in investigating and problem solving to enable them to excel in their future passions.
  • Be confident and happy young people that have a broad understanding and tolerance of the world and others around them with excellent communication skills honed by their experience of Restorative Justice and respect of the dignity and wishes of the individual.

Curriculum Context

St Vincent’s is a 1.5 form entry school with 285 children ranging from 4 -11. Children come predominantly from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Mill Hill and St Anthony’s in Edgware.

Children come from a diverse range of socio-economic backgrounds, speak 17 different languages and hail from 26 different ethnic groups. The curriculum we present, and promote, to the children is an endeavour to reflect these differences by providing opportunities to explore the different countries, languages and customs our children are part of through the projects they investigate. We have looked closely at the context of our school, the backgrounds of the children and how life is for a child growing up in North London today. We have used the underlying principles of our Catholic Faith and the example of our namesake St Vincent to create a set of values which lie at the heart of our curriculum.

We are aware of the changing nature of society and the pressures faced by young children as they enter the next stage of their education. The rise in Mental Health related issues has been widely documented across the media. Therefore, issues such as internet safety and the enormous impact across society of social media are at the forefront of our minds when planning our curriculum. With the current worldwide concerns relating to Covid 19, racial justice, equality and diversity, as well as gender and economic background, we feel it is our duty to prepare the children through a concerted focus on building independence, resilience and communication skills linked to our Vincentian Values.