Churches and Schools
Spiritual Flourishing
Churches and Schools
Working Together
Spiritual Flourishing
Read about supporting spiritual flourishing in schools and churches and schools working together.
Spiritual Flourishing
Church schools provide pupils and adults with opportunities to flourish spiritually through all aspects of school life.
SIAMS inspection question 2 (IQ2) considers how the curriculum reflects the school’s theologically-rooted Christian vision. It also explores how spiritual development is an intrinsic part of the curriculum?
SIAMS inspection question 3 (IQ3) considers how collective worship contributes to the spiritual flourishing of pupils and adults in schools.
LDBS helps schools to promote spiritual flourishing through our core offer which includes: networks for chaplains, clergy and Heads to share best practice and learn from one another.
Useful resources
Feedback from schools following a recent LDBS briefing states that the session provided:
“Practical answers around how to make worship more spiritual”
Church-school partnerships
We are excited to share with you some innovative ways in which several of our schools and churches are partnering together to support the flourishing of pupils and adults within their communities. To find out more please click on the photographs or titles below.
If you are a school and would like to explore these projects further, please contact your Christian Distinctiveness Partner.
“High quality training with a knowledgeable leader. Real life and contextualised examples to bring back to school. As always, you make everything seem manageable and everyone feel calm. Thank you so, so much!”
— RE leader