Community

St Wilfrid’s prides itself in being an important link between the education and spiritual growth of the community. The school therefore places strong emphasis in building close ties with its key stakeholders and using its educational and spiritual skills to support this important relationship.

This encompasses areas such as links with local catholic primary schools where we can support the positive transition from primary to secondary school. We also work with other secondary/special schools using our resources to help enhance their pupil learning.

We also work with West Sussex Adult Education/our parents to provide adult education classes in the specialist subjects of ICT, Business and maths to help parents/local community to improve their skills in subjects that will enhance their employability. We support families by providing refresher classes which allow them to keep up with their child’s education commitment and make working together a shared task.

We are developing strong links with the parishes via the Parish Priest network and developing good communication to build continual opportunities for growth for all members of our Catholic community.

Working with our students and staff we are doing a great deal of charitable work. This can be through fund raising or through supporting the local community with resources to help meet the needs of its most vulnerable.

We have a Youth Wing which acts as a place for our young people to spend time enjoying a safe environment with their friends.

A huge emphasis is being placed on building relationships with local businesses which will support our Business and Enterprise with Ethics status. This will give our students a chance to experience the real world of work and allow our teaching staff to invigorate their subject. Through this work it also allows our business partners to develop their own people through continuing professional development.