Jesuit Virtues

The Jesuit Pupil Profile

St. John's School supports the development of the whole child through the adoption of the Jesuit Pupil Profile (as directed by the Archdiocese of Birmingham). The Pupil Profile is composed of 8 pairs of virtues that sum up what pupils (and staff) in our Catholic Schools should be living and how they should be learning, in keeping with St Ignatius Loyola’s own vision that we can show…"

''improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good."

The Jesuit Virtues are visible in every classroom in St. John's School and each half term the children focus on a new pair of virtues. In their classes the children and staff discuss what they believe are the actions and words of these virtues and the collective thoughts of our children about what these virtues mean to them can be seen in the documents below.

The pairs of Jesuit Virtues	St Ignatius of Loyola

The Jesuit understanding of education reflects the Church’s vision for all Catholic schools:

“There is no separation between time for learning and time for formation.”

It is our hope that we can support the children of St. John's , in partnership with the home and the Parish, to show these qualities in their work and play and to grow in understanding of their faith and themselves through reflection, prayer, discussion, academic work and collective worship.

All classes at St. John's have an opportunity to achieve the Headteacher’s award each week in celebration assembly to show the times they have clearly demonstrated a virtue or are working towards developing that aspect of themselves. There are rewards associated with this but more important is the intrinsic spiritual development the children experience as they mature and learn how to be the best that they can be!