A significant factor in our approach to creating a culture that promotes excellent behaviour is through our ‘offer’ as a school i.e. through a strong curriculum model,fantastic teaching, established pastoral care and a varied extra-curricular programme, which includes creating opportunities to enrich pupils’ lives with prayer, sacraments and service.
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School seeks to develop an intrinsic motivation in our pupils to follow our principles of behaviour. These principles are used as a teaching tool to promote positive behaviour and prevent poor behaviour and has been developed as a pupil friendly approach to creating a culture that promotes excellent behaviour.
We aim to inspire excellence encouraging every individual to be the person that God calls us to be. The governing body of Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School believe that uniform plays a valuable role in contributing to the ethos, setting an appropriate tone and instilling pride in the school by:
- Supporting positive behaviour and discipline, encouraging identity with, and support for the school ethos
- Promoting a strong, cohesive school identity that supports high standards and a sense of community among pupils. If some children look very different from their peers, this can inhibit integration, equality and cohesion
- Ensuring that pupils of all races and backgrounds feel welcome. Protecting children from social pressures to dress in a particular way
We are aligned with the Department for Education guidance in believing that our school uniform plays a key role in:
- promoting the ethos of a school
- providing a sense of belonging and identity
- setting an appropriate tone for education
Our school uniform supports our mission statement. We wear the word Veritas (Truth) on our school blazers in memory of St Thomas Aquinas. He lived a life of prayer and study which led him to the Dominican Order, whose motto is “Veritas” or “Truth”. He sought truth wherever it could be found and burned with the desire to know the one truth, God, which gives meaning to all truths.
During the enrolment evening, held in the summer term for all our new Year 7 students there is an opportunity to see our uniform and meet with the uniform supplier. You will be able to look at the uniform and place an order for collection later in the summer holidays.
We also recommend the Leeds Zero Waste uniform exchange: https://leedsuniformexchange.org.uk. This exchange is a fantastic initiative to both help financially and reduce our environmental footprint. There are also several Facebook pages, simply search “Cardinal Heenan uniform” in the marketplace search bar
