The Christian values for schools web site has been launched by the Bishop of Lincoln The Rt Revd John Saxbee.  More details.

  School pupils facing exams this month can access a set of downloadable prayer cards .The brief prayers call for God’s help in facing the stressful time and ask for a sense of calm and focus during revision ahead of the big tests.

  The Independent review of making Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) statutory by Sir Alasdair Macdonald has been released.  More details.

Jonathan Rendall, Schools' Adviser for Worcester diocese, took a group of fifteen teachers from schools across Hereford and Worcester dioceses to visit their link dioceses in Masasi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  Read more.

  The 2009 Schools Building Officers Conference will be held at Ardencote Manor on the 23 - 25 September 2009.  Click here for the programme.  Click here for the application form.

  The RE Advisers and Schools Officers Conference will be held at the Sandbanks Hotel, Poole, Dorset on 16 - 18 November 2009.  Application Form.  Programme.

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