Our Mission Statement

With God’s help, together,

we aspire, achieve and believe.

Our Christian Vision

We will provide a curriculum and experiences of God's wonderful world and prepare our school family for their life journey. We want all our pupils to achieve and become the person God created them to be.

We hope to foster confidence, delight and discipline in seeking wisdom, knowledge, understanding and skills in order to shape their lives.

Together, as a nurturing, Christian school, our goal is to encourage each other to believe in ourselves. With Jesus' help, we will aim to make a positive difference through our Christian values.

Biblical Narrative

The Mustard Seed - Mark 4:30-34

'It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.

Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.'

Religious Education Intent Statement 

At St John with St Augustine C of E Primary School RE is subject which allow all our learners to explore and develop a relationship with God and Jesus Christ as well as to explore other major world faiths. It develops pupils’ knowledge and understanding of Christianity, of other principal religions, other religious traditions, and worldviews. RE also contributes to pupils’ personal development and well-being and to community cohesion by promoting mutual respect and tolerance in a diverse society. RE offers opportunities for personal reflection and spiritual development, deepening the understanding of the significance of religion in the lives of others – individually, communally, and cross-culturally. We follow the Blackburn Diocese Questful RE Syllabus. RE is taught through a broad and ambitious Curriculum which is coherently planned and sequenced to allow all learners to deepen their understanding of the Christian faith and other world faiths. RE is a subject which promotes our Christian vision and allows all pupils to develop an understanding of faith and celebrate other cultures within our community. Through RE, pupils develop a mutual respect for other religions and cultures which is a key British value. RE at St John with St Augustine’s informs about faith, inspires for life, challenges reasoning, and celebrates difference. Our aim is that through the positive teachings of Jesus our pupils will have strong moral compass and ambition which will positively impact on their future learning and employment providing them with the cultural capital they need to succeed in life.

If you would like to find out more about the Religious Education Curriculum we are covering, please ring the school on 01254 392717 and ask to speak to the RE Leader: Miss Martin.

Religious Education Map

Religious Education in Action

Church Links

The link between church and school is part of what makes St John with St Augustine’s the extra-special place we honestly believe it to be. Our Vicar is Reverend Hugh Scrivens.

Church and School support each other as part of one big ‘St John with St Augustine’s Family’.  We seek to provide the best possible environment for the children of our parish to grow up strong in body, mind and spirit, with a secure grounding in the values of things that really matter.  We want to give every child the opportunity to experience prayer and worship and to come to know Jesus as their own friend and guide through life.

St John with St Augustine’s Church is visible in school through the ministry of the clergy, in the support given by our Foundation Governors.  The school uses the church building for many of its acts of worship every Wednesday at 9:05am with parents and carers invited to attend each church service. Wednesday worship services are led by Reverend Scriven, class teachers and by year groups who present worship linked with their RE learning in class.

We hope that our pupils and their families will feel welcome to attend Church when they can – whether that be for Wednesday worship or for special occasions like the Christingle,  Easter Service and the Year 6 Leavers’ service each July.