About

Our aims in creating the Jesuit Pupil Profile (JPP) are:

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To propose a simple but challenging statement of the qualities we seek to develop in pupils in Jesuit schools, using keywords which unfold Ignatius' own stated aim of "improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good."

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To produce a profile that describes the whole process of Jesuit education (from age 3 or 5 or 11 or 17 - the common ages of entry into our schools in Britain) rather than that of a school leaver.

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To produce a profile that describes the whole process of Jesuit education (from age 3 or 5 or 11 or 17 - the common ages of entry into our schools in Britain) rather than that of a school leaver.

What is the

Jesuit Pupil Profile?

The JPP proposes eight pairs of virtues that sum up what a pupil in a Jesuit school is growing to be.

Alongside the pupil profile itself, we have developed a parallel statement of what a Jesuit school does to help its pupils grow in the virtues listed in the JPP.

Pupils in a Jesuit school are growing to be . . .

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Grateful for their own gifts, for the gift of other people, and for the blessings of each day; and generous with their gifts, becoming men and women for others.

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Attentive to their experience and to their vocation; and discerning about the choices they make and the effects of those choices.

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Compassionate towards others, near and far, especially the less fortunate; and loving by their just actions and forgiving words.

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Faith-filled in their beliefs and hopeful for the future.

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Eloquent and truthful in what they say of themselves, the relations between people, and the world.

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Learned, finding God in all things; and wise in the ways they use their learning for the common good.

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Curious about everything; and active in their engagement with the world, changing what they can for the better.

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Intentional in the way they live and use the resources of the earth, guided by conscience; and prophetic in the example they set to others.

2025 - 2026

Jesuit Pupil Profile Schedule

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Term 1 - Learned and Wise / Curious and Active

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Term 2  - Intentional and Prophetic / Grateful and Generous

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Term 3 - Attentive and Discerning / Compassionate and Loving

Virtue Pairs

Curious & Active

Intentional & Prophetic

Grateful & Generous

Attentive & Discerning

Compassionate & Loving

Faith-Filled & Hopeful

Eloquent & Truthful

Learned & Wise

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3 JPP BRIEFING Compassionate Loving

Compassionate and Loving Briefing Paper. This briefing paper aims to be a quick introduction to the virtues and the thinking and theology behind them. It designed to be distributed at the start of the half-term or left in people's mailboxes.

Compassionate and Loving
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Jesuit Schools
Religious Education

Birmingham Diocese - Promoting Values & Virtues in a Catholic School

Reading for educators to help explain the Jesuit Pupil Profile and use of virtues in educational settings for Birmingham Archdiocese.

Jesuit Education
Key Texts and Further Reading
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Catholic Education

Positive Psychology and Ignatian Spirituality (TC Carson 2011)

Can Positive Psychology shed any light on how Ignatian spiritual practices might increase ‘Subjective Well-Being’?/ MTh Thesis by Tom Carson (2011). Used with permission.

Jesuit Education
Key Texts and Further Reading
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Religious Education

Spiritual Exercises Week 1 Gemma Guasch & Josep Asuncion Photo Jesuit Institute

This painting by Catalan artists Gemma Guasch and Josep Asuncion is the first of four canvases representing the four weeks of the Spiritual Exercises. Image to go with the Attentive and Discerning Virtue pair.

The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Attentive and Discerning
Religious Education

Character Strength in Ignatian Spirituality (The Way 2014)

The Consolation of Character Strength in Ignatian Spirituality and Positive Psychology. Article by Roger Dawson SJ and Nicholas Austin SJ in The Way (2014) Used with permission.

Jesuit Education
Key Texts and Further Reading
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Religious Education

2 JPP BRIEFING Attentive Discerning

Attentive and Discerning Briefing Paper. This briefing paper for staff in Jesuit schools aims to be a quick introduction to the two virtues and the thinking and theology behind them.

Jesuit Schools
Attentive and Discerning
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Religious Education

Jesuit Education and the Cultivation of Virtue

Jesuit Education and the Cultivation of Virtue. Article by James A Donahue. Georgetown University (1990). See pdf pages 67-87.

Jesuit Education
Key Texts and Further Reading
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Religious Education

JPP tagcloud Learned Wise

Tagcloud image to go with the Learned and Wise Virtue pair.

Learned and Wise
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Religious Education

JPP tagcloud Faithfilled and Hopeful

Tagcloud image to go with the Faith-filled and Hopeful Virtue pair.

Faith-filled and Hopeful
The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Religious Education

JPP Tagcloud Intentional and Prophetic

Tagcloud image to go with the Intentional and Prophetic Virtue pair.

The Jesuit Pupil Profile
Intentional and Prophetic
Religious Education
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The Jesuit Pupil Profile, tagcloud image and logo are copyright 2013. The Jesuit schools of the British Province have permission to use them freely. If you wish to use or adapt this material and are not a British Province Jesuit school, please ask first. Thank you.