BOSCO CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
St John Bosco, founded the Salesian Order in the 19 th Century. He had a profound and compelling vision for education, reaching out to some of the most vulnerable, disaffected and uncared for children in Turin and surrounding areas. He provided them with faith, hope and love; giving them opportunities and a future that no one else had afforded them. Don Bosco spoke about the need for children to be ‘known and loved’. The diocesan schools of Sussex chose Don Bosco as the patron of the multi-academy trust as it was felt he encapsulated all that we cherished in Catholic education, providing us with a model of leadership and education which would sustain and nourish us on the exciting journey ahead. The Bosco Catholic Education Trust (BCET) opened in April 2017 with St Mary’s and St Philip Howard Catholic School (SPH), Barnham. Annecy Catholic Primary School joined in February 2019, St Joseph’s in September 2020 and St Paul’s in January 2022. We look forward to welcoming three further schools between now and the end of the year, taking our family of schools to eight. As in other areas of the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton, Catholic schools are working collaboratively, cross-phase to develop an exciting vision for Catholic Education which is fit for the future. Within Sussex, there are 36 schools: 30 primary and 6 secondary. Over time it is anticipated that other schools within Sussex will join BCET, to help develop Catholic Education across the South Coast and beyond.
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