‘Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.’ St Catherine of Siena
Catholic education is an integral and essential part of the Church’s mission; to make the person of Jesus Christ known and loved, and to place Him and the teaching of the Catholic Church at the centre of people’s lives. Catholic schools support Catholic parents in their responsibility for the academic, physical, spiritual, moral and religious education of their children, in accordance with the teachings of the Church.
We have a wide range of Christ-centred, nurturing and successful schools in our Diocese. They include:
Sixty-three state-funded schools, comprising fifty-two primary schools and eleven secondary schools.
Of these, twenty-eight primary schools and six secondary schools are voluntary aided (VA) and maintained through local authorities. A further sixteen primary schools and three secondary schools are academies under the Xavier Catholic Education Trust with eight primary schools and two secondary school academies under the Bosco Catholic Education Trust.
Our Diocese includes twelve independent schools and one independent non-maintained specialist school.
The knowledge, dedication and commitment of approximately 4,500 teachers and support staff deliver Catholic education to more than 38,000 children across our Diocese. Our schools are ably supported in their work and mission by 700 school governors and many more volunteers, parents and carers.
A pilot programme offering counselling to all Year 9 students has just been launched.
The school's values, reflected in life at the school, impressed the judges.
The Samaritans' Dawn Walk challenge is to walk 5 kilometres at sunrise.
Students from 12 Diocesan schools took part in the pilgrimage walk, Mass and a picnic.
Speakers spoke about the purpose of Catholic education, their own faith formation and the need to nurture one’s faith as a leader.
30 more students will be able to access and benefit from the excellent learning opportunities St Peter’s provides.
The students raised more than £14,000 by walking Hadrian's Wall Path and the South Downs Way.
The Sisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus founded Mayfield in 1863 and maintained strong links with it to the present day.
Our address is:
The Education Service
The St Philip Howard Centre
4 Southgate Drive
Crawley
West Sussex RH10 6RP