MISSION STATEMENT.
Kennedy College seeks to offer an inclusive, holistic education, where respect and responsibility are fostered. We encourage all students to develop a sense of worth, so they can reach their full potential in order to meet the diverse needs of society.
Our Mission Statement is based on the following Core Values:
- Education is a partnership between school, parents, and students with the support of the local community.
- Our central purpose is to motivate and prepare students to achieve their full potential.
- The importance and value of all members of the school community is central to all decisions and actions. Courtesy and respect should be shown to all people at all times.
- Our College strives to provide a welcoming, secure learning environment, which is respectful, caring and stimulating for all members of the school community.
Based on our Mission Statement, our General aims are:
- To provide a caring, secure and disciplined environment for students to learn and for teachers to teach.
- To provide a broad-based curriculum which seeks to meet the varying needs and abilities of individual pupils.
- To foster the development of each student’s skills, knowledge and self-esteem as well as his/her enthusiasm for learning.
- To help students to develop skills for future life and for responsible citizenship.
- To promote moral values, self-discipline, and respect for themselves and others
Vision Statement
“Together we learn for life”
Support statement
Everybody here will do our best for ourselves and for others. We work together, and we respect each other.
Ethos
Kennedy College is a multi-denominational, co-educational, publicly funded second-level school managed by a board of management under the patronage of Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB)
ETB schools are state, co-educational, multidenominational schools underpinned by the core values of:
- Excellence in Education;
- Care;
- Equality;
- Community and
- Respect
As the state provider of education, the ETB sector defines a ‘multidenominational’ school in the following way:
In ETB schools, all students are given equal opportunities for enrolment in line with the Education (Admissions to School) Act 2018. Once enrolled, our schools strive to provide all students with equal opportunities to engage with the curriculum and school life. In all aspects of school life, all members of our school communities are treated equitably regardless of their race, gender, religion/belief, age, family status, civil status, membership of the Traveller community, sexual orientation, ability or socioeconomic status.
Our schools provide a safe physical and social environment that reinforces a sense of belonging to the school community and wider society. They strive to enable every student to realise their full potential regardless of any aspect of their identity or background. Our schools promote a fully inclusive education that recognises the plurality of identities, beliefs and values held by students, parents and staff. We prepare open-minded, culturally sensitive and responsible citizens with a strong sense of shared values.
In ETB schools, students of all religions and beliefs are treated equally. The school environment and activities do not privilege any particular group over another whilst at the same time acknowledging and facilitating students of all religions and beliefs.