Welcome

Great Crosby Catholic Primary School has been at the forefront of providing Catholic education for the children of Crosby for over 150 years.

We are passionate about ensuring that all our children achieve the best opportunities in life, rooted in Gospel values and fulfilling our mission; ‘that they may have life and have it to the full’. 

We have always celebrated strong relationships with our fellow Catholic schools, parishes and local community, supported by the Archdiocese. We are constantly looking forwards to the future with a means to better equip our children for their lifelong journey.

As you may have seen in the press recently, the Archbishop of Liverpool has also been looking at the future, and launched a new approach for all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese called “A Family in Christ: Our Future Together.”

The strategy reflects the words of Pope Leo XIV, recognising that each school shines with its own distinct strengths, while also acknowledging that, collectively, more can be done to further strengthen Catholic education within our communities.

As part of this strategy, all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese will become academies and join a Catholic multi-academy trust. In many ways, this is not entirely new. The Government has indicated that all schools should be part of strong trusts, and there are already a number of Catholic academies within the Archdiocese.

There has long been an awareness that this direction of travel was likely - particularly as many other dioceses have already introduced similar approaches.

One of the key developments shared by the Archbishop is the proposed process for bringing this strategy to life. The Archdiocese indicated that this will likely take place over the next four to five years, with schools joining one of three trusts in phases, or waves.

Our school has been identified to join Pope Francis Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the first wave.

We know that GCCPS has much to contribute to the Church’s educational mission and we are proud of the relationships we have with families and our local community. We have much to give, and in joining an academy trust we have a much more effective way of doing this whilst keeping our own unique identity.

As part of this process, we would value your thoughts, comments and questions to help inform this process.
 

That is why we have created this special microsite to enable everyone from staff, parents/carers, grandparents, neighbours, parishioners and local educationalists – in fact, anyone with an interest in our school to give their views.
 

So please do read the content of this site and share your views via the link on the HAVE YOUR SAY page. We look forward to hearing from you!

As Pope Francis said ‘Unity happens when we walk together’. 

Yours sincerely,

Mrs Louise Morton 

Headteacher 

Mrs Carole McBride

Chair of Governors