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Welcome to our website. I am very proud to be the first Lay Headteacher of Loreto, Altrincham and recognise the tremendous gift that has been placed into my hands.
Loreto is a wonderful school, rooted in tradition whilst at the same time very forward looking. 2009 is a very special year for us, we celebrate both the 400 Anniversary of Mary Ward’s founding of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary and from September, our School Centenary.
We provide an outstanding curriculum which is carefully planned and consistently reviewed to meet the needs of the girls at every Key Stage. Our 14 – 19 curriculum includes an innovative programme called Life Skills which takes the girls beyond the normal confines of the National Curriculum giving them opportunities to apply their skills and gifts in the real world. Post 16 we offer a choice of thirty A levels and by 2010 will complement this excellent provision with the introduction of the International Baccalaureate. Year on year our results rank highly against national levels.
As a Catholic school, what is it that makes us so distinct? I would sum it up as follows: We are about providing our girls with a set of educational experiences that helps you as parents shape their values, their attitudes, their faith and their sacramental life. We are about participating in the creative work of God as He seeks to bring to fruition in each girl the woman He has it in mind for her to be.
It is, in the words of the poet William Butler Yeats more “to light fires than to fill buckets”
Above all, we seek to nurture young Catholic women who will take leadership roles in our local, national and indeed global society, women who will be, in the words of Mary Ward – ‘No half women, no half measures’.
Mrs J. Beever M.A.
Headteacher
