I am very pleased to welcome you to the website of the Cardinal
Vaughan School. It is a privilege to lead this wonderful
community and I am very proud of the many achievements you will find described
in these pages.
At the Vaughan we are determined to draw out and develop the aptitudes and talents of all our pupils. In this, I believe, we are successful, as our outstanding public examination results show: this year, for example, at GCSE, fully 92% of our pupils attained at least five good grades including Mathematics and English, while at A-Level, over half of all grades – 60% – were A and 85% A & B. The pass-rate was 100%. These superlative results are no flash in the pan: they are replicated year after year and place us in the top echelon nationally.
Academic success, however, important as it is, is incomplete without our Catholic ethos, which underpins everything we do. Quite simply, we see our principal role, as a Catholic school, to be a seed ground for the apostolic mission of the Church. The School aims, through the provision of a Catholic ethos and of sound Catholic teaching, to prepare our pupils to undertake their responsibilities as Catholics in society. Working in partnership with parents, we aim to foster in our pupils a love for the Church which will help them to grow and develop as they make their way through life.
In conclusion, we seek “the formation of the whole man, his intellect, his heart, his will, his character and his soul.” Cardinal Henry Manning (1807-1892).
Michael Gormally
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