SCHOOL AIMS

Our school aims are founded on the shared values and ambitions of the school and its wider community. They take account of the needs of the pupils and reflect the improvement objectives of East Dunbartonshire Council. They give a framework from which priorities in the school development plan will be developed.
Priorities outlined in the annual development plan are intended to make a major contribution to raising standards of achievement and to achieving the ambitions of St Andrew’s Primary School.

We aim to foster the Catholic character of the school through promotion of Gospel values.  All members of our school community are valued equally as is their right to be themselves and to excel in different ways.  All, regardless of sex, colour or creed are offered the same opportunities to participate in the life of the school. 

In order to equip the children to function successfully, now and later in life, in their native town or further afield, the staff of St Andrew’s Primary aim to:

1. provide a curriculum which accommodates and enhances each child’s potential for learning and enables them to develop physically, mentally and emotionally
2. encourage excellence and strive to attain the highest possible levels of achievement
3. employ a range of teaching strategies which take cognisance of different learning styles
4. support and encourage children by providing, as far as possible, educational programmes suited to their individual needs and abilities
5. provide a happy, secure and welcoming environment where staff work in close partnership with parents, community and outside agencies for the good of the children
6. use all available resources, both human and material, to support the work of the school
7. be an effective staff team whose collective strengths and expertise are used to provide high quality education.

Discipline Policy

Rationale
In St. Andrew’s we believe that educating young people in ways that prepare them for living effectively and responsibly as members of local, national and global communities is vital. In order for this to occur we must encourage the pupils to take responsibility for their own self-discipline and to think of the affect their behaviour has on others.