Mission Statement
Mission Statement
We believe that New Hall, a Catholic boarding and day school, enables students to meet confidently the challenges of the wider world. Here students of all traditions are educated in an environment where academic excellence is achieved. This is brought about in surroundings where relationships are based on the Gospel values of trust and respect.
Aims of the School
The school aims:
• To give students an experience of life in a Christian community:
- affirming each individual as a unique part of God’s creation
- nurturing in each person a sense of dignity and self-worth
- fostering caring relationships, a sense of team spirit and respect for others
• To inspire students to develop their God-given gifts and talents to their full potential:
- intellectual
- spiritual
- social and emotional
- aesthetic and physical
• To provide a broad and balanced education, rooted in the school’s Catholic foundation,
which is responsive to and supportive of the needs and aspirations of the individual:
- fostering intellectual curiosity, a desire to seek truth and a life-long love of learning
- enabling students to discover their own strengths and weaknesses, to learn from ‘failures’ and
to develop the self-discipline and determination to persevere, in order to pursue their goals in
a rapidly changing world
• To enable staff to be aware of the values and vision of the school and to give them
support and encouragement to carry out their professional duties
