News from our Schools
Climate change - "young people get it"
The Church of England’s General Synod has voted overwhelmingly to ‘step up its environmental programme in response to the escalating threat of climate change’.
300,000 children to get Prayer Map
Hundreds of thousands of school children will receive a free ‘prayer map’ as part of a new national commitment to children and young people’s ministry within the Church of England, which will focus on building confidence for families to pray at home.
Heads in 'First of a Kind' Commissioning
School Leaders new to role in the last 18 months were commissioned into the Diocese in a ‘first of its kind’ service at the Diocesan Education Centre.
School Church
‘Should it be Church School or School Church?’ was the question asked at a Workshop at Diocesan Synod on Saturday [16 February 2019].
Bulgarian Shoe Box Appeal celebrates a big anniversary
To mark ten years since the Trussell Trust founded the Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion (FCSI) in Bulgaria and started their Shoe Box appeal, they are holding a charity concert at St Paul’s Salisbury.
Talking Positively About Mental Health
Manor Park CE First School, Dorchester, held its first Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week from Monday 4 to Friday 8 February.
MATs are our future
Our Diocesan Director of Education has welcomed the Education Secretary’s suggestion that faith leaders should convert more of their schools into academies.
Open the Book is 20!
This year sees the 20th anniversary of the national Bible story telling programme ‘Open the Book’. To help celebrate this, our schools have been telling why they love this way of telling Bible stories.
Small but Mighty
Five Lanes Primary School girls’ football team beat all comers to win the County title.
Faith and Fitness
The work of a pioneering Sports Ministry Coach, who has been inspiring pupils in the Diocese is being featured on BBC Songs of Praise.
Celebrating the Difference
Year 5 pupils at St Martin’s Primary School, Salisbury learnt first-hand what it was like to be part of the young traveller community when they spent the day with the Diocese’s Chaplain to Gypsies and Travellers.
Grow Your Fiver Into A House!
Money might not grow on trees, but a school project called “Grow Your Fiver” is hoping to help raise the funds needed to build a new Community Club House at Chilton Foliat Primary School.
A Showstopping Charity Event
Staff and pupils at Shaftesbury School have created their very own Advent Bake off Competition as part of learning more about community charity work.
Seventeen Schools' Wishes Are Granted
Pupils at seventeen schools in the Diocese of Salisbury have received £3000 worth of new Christian books.
Exploring War, Faith and Reconciliation
Sixth-formers from across the Diocese explored war, faith and reconciliation during a recent Education Day at Salisbury Cathedral.
Christmas and School attendance at local churches rises in the Diocese of Salisbury
More people than ever before are coming to Christmas church services, while record numbers of school children are using their local church here in the Diocese of Salisbury.
St Peter’s Officially Opens
St Peter's CE Primary Academy, Salisbury, was officially dedicated by the Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, on Thursday 18 October.
#HelloYellow at St Martin’s
Students at Salisbury St Martin’s Primary School prepared for World Mental Health Day by taking part in the national #HelloYellow campaign and making a short film.
Learning About Others Teaches Us About Ourselves
Visits to places of worship of other faiths provide us with a mirror as well as better understanding of others.
A New Era in Education
The first new school in the Diocese of Salisbury in 14 years has opened its doors.
Dorset Spiritual Garden Opens
A new spiritual garden at Shillingstone CE VA Primary School has been blessed by the Bishop of Sherborne.
On the Up and Up
Great Bedwyn CE Primary School has scored an ‘Outstanding’ result in a recent inspection.
Golden Values, Great Results
Whiteparish All Saints CE VA Primary School maintains its ‘Outstanding’ status in a recent inspection.
Top Marks in Talbot Village
St Mark’s CE Primary School, Talbot Village, has been graded Outstanding across the board in a recent inspection.
Outstanding Living, Learning and Growing
Trinity Church of England Primary Academy in Devizes has improved from ‘Good’ to ‘Outstanding’ in a recent inspection.
When the Men Marched Away
Students at St Osmund’s in Dorchester stage spectacular World War One Drama
A Deeply Dippy Visit
Okeford Fitzpaine pupils visited Dorset County Museum to see Dippy the Dinosaur, the major attraction on the Natural History Museum’s ‘Dippy on Tour’.
Excellence Never Stops
Morgan’s Vale and Woodfalls Church of England Primary School has retained its Outstanding status in a recent inspection.
Vision, Impact and Clarity
Salway Ash CE School is highly commended by a distinguished visitor.
St Peter's Gets a Head
Oliver Martindale is the Headteacher Designate of a brand new church school near Wilton.
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
Dorset schoolchildren come face-to-face with bikers!
Winning Student Heads for Westminster
Olivia Masding, a Sixth Form student at St Edward’s School, competes for Dorset in ‘The Great Debate’ at the Houses of Parliament in March 2018.
Ofsted Praises Longford's Leadership
Staff, pupils and supporters at Longford Primary School, Britford, have been celebrating a ‘Good’ Ofsted inspection.
Advent Journeying in Verwood
Here are some lovely seasonal pictures from a church school in Dorset.
Charities react to funding gap for trainee RE teachers
Tales of hardship prompt trusts to respond to ‘rank discrimination’.
Award-Winning Dilton Marsh
Dilton Marsh CE Primary School is celebrating after winning the 2014 Environmental Youth Awards at The Bath and West Show.
The Magna Carta Project
Magna Carta has become an iconic document, a symbol of justice and rights for all.
Trojan Horses and Church School Values
Advice from Derek Holloway, Adviser for RE and Collective Worship in Dorset, January 2015
100% Success at Sarum
Year 13 at Sarum Academy are yet again celebrating a 100% pass rate for their traditional post-16 A level courses.
MAT Spotlight: DSAT week 2
As part of a new Social Media Campaign we are spotlighting one MAT per month - this month is DSAT
MAT Spotlight: DSAT week 3
As part of a new Social Media Campaign we are spotlighting one MAT per month - this month is DSAT - ART and MUSIC Flourishing in DSAT Schools
Students bring Christmas Cheer to Care Homes
Students at St Osmund's School in Dorset brought some Christmas spirit to the residents of local care homes
Supporting Bereaved Children and Young People from the Bridport Community Hub
As the news about Coronavirus worsens and remains very high profile in the news bereavement, grief and death are issues that many children and young people will be experiencing or concerned about, and Bridport Community Hub has been working to help equip adults to feel confident in answering these questions.
Acorn Education Trust MAT Spotlight
As part of a new campaign, we are highlighting a MAT a month, and this month is the Acorn Education Trust!
Poems, Snowdrops and Bluebells
Inspired by Robert Macfarlane's Lost Words, pupils at Longford Primary School have been using poetry to help spread some joy
Maths at DSAT
The Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust has been working to encourage a love of maths amongst both teachers and pupils at their schools
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