Sydney Catholic Schools’ Strategic Plan
Sydney Catholic Schools continues to be one of the highest performing school systems in Australia. Thriving Catholic Communities: a strategic plan for 2021 and beyond highlights the vision and values that drive our success.
OUR MISSION
To Know and Love Christ through learning
OUR VISION
Thriving Catholic Communities through excellent teaching and learning
OUR VALUES
- Truth – seeking to know and live the truth
- Collaboration – engaging respectfully and meaningfully with others
- Excellence – striving to achieve one’s potential
- Empathy – appreciating and responding to the views and needs of others
- Curiosity – nurturing the search for meaning
OUR PRIORITIES
- To participate in the life and mission of the Catholic faith community
- To deepen our knowledge and engagement with the Catholic faith and tradition
- To build each student’s capacity to continuously reason reflectively, logically and critically
- To embrace the interdependence of human existence as global citizens, who are responsible to and for themselves and others
- To provide an engaging, holistic learning experience, where students thrive academically
- To be places where every student excels in a multitude of ways, through personalised and self-paced learning
OUR MEASUREMENT
- Scripture, doctrine and Catholic social teaching, underpin everything we do
- Our students and staff are principled and values-oriented persons for others
- We are a community with a strong sense of belonging and relevance
- Our schools and students are known locally and nationally for their excellence and achievements
- Our students’ academic results will be as good as, if not better, than those in comparable schools
- We are a high performing workforce and an employer of choice
- Our communities are a place to gather, share and learn for both the Catholic and broader community