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Extra Curricular

Our curriculum is enriched through a variety of experiences which develop the students' appreciation of the world beyond school. They will be encouraged to find, nurture and celebrate their talents through extracurricular activities that will develop sporting, musical, creative and technological talents, alongside academic achievements. In aiming to become the best version of themselves, they will be living out the words of Pope Francis, who encourages all young people to 'make the world a better place...be men and women with others and for others, true champions in the service of others'.

As St Matthew’s, we offer a wide and varied range of extracurricular opportunities to all of our learners. These take place before and after school, and during lunchtimes. We actively encourage all pupils to sign up to at least on extracurricular activity each half term, and reward pupils that do.

We believe that there are many benefits this brings our pupils  inclusive of  learning and developing new skills, meeting new people and teachers, and of course having fun and enjoying a range of healthy hobbies and interest. For our older pupils in particular, we understand that they will be writing personal statements and completing application forms for further study or employment opportunities, and being able to reference taking part in extracurricular opportunities is advantageous.

We are continuing to add new opportunities all the time, so please keep checking the extracurricular timetable on the websites for updates

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St. Matthew's RC High School are committed to a strong culture of safeguarding, and we ensure that all staff embrace the concept of “it could happen here.”  We expect everyone who works in and visits our school to share our commitment to vigilance and safety at all times. We encourage staff, students and visitors to report anything that concerns them, and we will always act in the best interest of the child. Our students are taught how to stay safe, including when online, and to recognise when they may be at risk. We ensure our students know how to get help when they need it.

Our policies can be found on this site and all visitors receive essential safeguarding and health and safety information when they enter our school.  If you have safeguarding concerns or need to contact us out of school hours, please email confide@smrchs.com

We are also part of Operation Encompass.  This means we get regular updates by the police about situations that may have happened within families in our community.  Please understand that sometimes we may have to speak to you about logged cases to ensure we can safeguard our children.