Church and School

As a church school we aim to nurture children's spiritual, social, moral, cultural and ethical development. We positively welcome all faiths and cultures in the sure knowledge that we learn from one another and that the richness of culture is a benefit to all in school. We set aside time within every school day for children to participate in a form of collective worship that enables them to consider the awe and wonder of our world, to reflect on personal and social behaviours and attitudes, and to develop a growing sense of our place within the world and the level of responsibility this incurs. It is through the daily life of the school that we aim to encourage children to care for themselves, one another, the school and the wider world; to understand their rights as children and their responsibilities and to be respectful.

Our links with All Saints, our local parish church, are close.  The church has a continuing pastoral concern for the life of the school and prays for the whole community every week. A member of the local clergy visits the school regularly to lead an act of collective worship and sometimes to contribute to RE work in the classroom. Villagers regularly see the school children in procession through the village, making their way to the church to celebrate Christmas, Easter or Harvest Festival which the whole school, parents and friends attend and share.

Reverend Kathy O'Loughlin