A requires improvement academy sponsor led school in Plymouth. Explore Ofsted ratings, admissions information, and performance data for St Boniface's RC College.
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"Bona Facite (Do Good)"
St Boniface’s Catholic College is a Roman Catholic Comprehensive school for boys in Plymouth. As part of the Edmund Rice Community, it joins schools around the UK in celebrating the life and work of Blessed Edmund Rice, and welcomes all those who want to learn in a supportive, caring and aspirational environment. St Boniface’s College is a Roman Catholic Christian Community. It is committed to striving for excellence in all its members through the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum involving spiritual, moral, cultural, academic, social and physical education, delivered to the whole young person. All teaching and learning is done within the context of the teaching of the Catholic faith. The Chaplaincy team promotes the Catholic ethos through word, worship, witness, welcome and welfare. The chapel is open daily for reflection and visits; parish priests provide regular sacramental and pastoral support. The school commemorates liturgical year celebrations and annual retreats; the motto is Do Good: Honour, Integrity, Service; the Hallmarks and seven Virtues underpin the curriculum (Faith, Temperance, Justice, Charity, Hope, Fortitude, Prudence). The school welcomes students from other faith backgrounds or none, recognizing diversity as enriching. The mission is to help students develop into young men who radiate Catholic Virtues within a faith-based learning community.
Priority will be given to Catholic looked after and previously looked after children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Priority will next be given to other Catholic children. Priority will next be given to other looked after children and children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to adoption, a child arrangements order, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted. Priority will next be given to Catechumens and members of an Eastern Christian Church. Priority will next be given to children who are siblings of pupils on roll at this school or at St Boniface’s Catholic College. Priority will next be given to children at a named linked school. Priority will next be given to children who are members of other Christian denominations who regularly attend a Christian church. Priority will next be given to children of staff who have been employed at this school for more than two years or recruited within the past two years to fill a vacancy for which there was a skills shortage. The applicant must complete a Children of Staff Supplementary Information Form, supported by evidence from a medical specialist or social worker, explaining the need and why it necessitates the child’s attendance at this school. Priority will next be given to other children.
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