{"id":763,"date":"2026-04-02T15:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pioneerfederation.co.uk\/stonegate\/?page_id=763"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:17:21","slug":"our-christian-distinctiveness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/our-church-school\/our-christian-distinctiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Christian Distinctiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"763\" class=\"elementor elementor-763\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05b0dab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05b0dab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba2674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ba2674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At Stonegate we aim to provide the features of a Distinctive Christian Ethos by:<\/p><p>Developing an inspirational and challenging learning environment which includes:<\/p><ul><li>Links between the gospel of Christ and the daily life of the school;<\/li><li>An atmosphere of encouragement, acceptance and respect;<\/li><li>A sensitivity to individual needs where children&#8217;s self-esteem and confidence grow and where they feel able to make mistakes without fear of criticism;<\/li><li>Partnerships between adults and children;<\/li><li>Sensitivity towards the beliefs, hopes and fears of parents;<\/li><li>Providing stepping stones to and from the community;<\/li><li>A curriculum that combines academic rigour with fun, learning about all God&#8217;s creations, sensitivity and prayerfulness.<\/li><\/ul><p>We aim to offer the pupils the opportunity to:<\/p><ul><li>Reflect on the importance of a system of personal belief;<\/li><li>Recognise the place a Christian faith has in the lives of people;<\/li><li>Develop a sense of wonder, awe, curiosity and mystery;<\/li><li>Understand the difference between right and wrong and the consequences of their actions for themselves and others;<\/li><li>Be creative, questioning and imaginative within a broad Christian framework that recognises the importance of experience, personal values and respect for the beliefs of others;<\/li><li>Recognise, respect and celebrate cultural diversity.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Stonegate we aim to provide the features of a Distinctive Christian Ethos by: Developing an inspirational and challenging learning environment which includes: Links between the gospel of Christ and the daily life of the school; An atmosphere of encouragement, acceptance and respect; A sensitivity to individual needs where children&#8217;s self-esteem and confidence grow and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":685,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-763","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions\/767"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stonegate.e-sussex.sch.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}