Vision & Values

Christ at the Centre 

Our Catholic schools are places of excellence providing service and witness to our students, their families and the wider community.

Mission

The Mission of Sancta Familia CAT is to provide our students with a holistic education focusing  on academic excellence, faith formation through Catholic Social Teaching

Sancta Familia will provide exemplary levels of support to our schools to ensure the highest quality of education through ambitious, impactful leadership, governance and financial management. 

The Trust will ensure sustainable recruitment, retention and professional development of staff at all levels to enable a well qualified, professional and expert staff community.

Structure

The structure of the Trust is built to;

• Retain high levels of autonomy in individual schools 

• Recognise and retain the strength of current Governing Bodies.

• Grow the scope and expertise of the Central Team 

• Consider blended or part time roles of the Central Team in the early stages balancing the financial costs to schools as the Trust grows.

Context

Each community within the CAT is unique, with its own charism, history and culture which is respected and valued. Difference is celebrated and welcomed. Our aim is to build a sustainable collaboration for the common good of Catholic education.

How do we interpret these values when devising our scheme of delegation in a complex environment?

Solidarity: having a deep understanding and respect and support of each other’s schools/ communities reflected in our SOD.

Subsidiarity: enabling decisions to be taken at the appropriate level to ensure engagement and respecting the dignity of others and the autonomy of the schools

Common Good: enabling the wellbeing and flourishing of the totality of Sancta Familia.

Option for the Poor: systems which enable all of our young people to flourish.

Dignity of Workers: Sancta Familia has systems and policies which respect and promote the wellbeing and rights and responsibility of staff, their professional bodies, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. Dignity of workers is reflected in HR policies, pay and conditions.

Sustainability: systems and policies that respect the recommendations of Fratelli Tutti.

Are there any other values we agreed were important?

Autonomy: empowering each school community to engage and participate in the CAT through having responsibility and decision making being exercised in its local Governing body whilst actively contributing to the strategic decision making of the CAT in collaboration with Directors and Officers.

Synodality: listening and discerning together the way forward.

Reciprocity: Leaders at all levels in the CAT practice exchanging expertise with each other for mutual benefit or responding to positive action with another positive action.