10th October 2025
School News
Revd April Gold visited Wolston St Margaret’s CofE Primary on Friday 12 September to bless and officially open their new Prayer Garden. Each child painted a pebble to go into the garden and they have been busy making objects such as stained-glass windows and dream catchers to make it a beautiful place to reflect and pray.
New Black History Month Collective Worship Resource from the National Society for Education
New Black History Month Collective Worship resources (for primary and secondary) are now live and available to access on the CofE National Society website here.
These materials have been intentionally created without reference to a specific date or year, so they can be used not only during Black History Month but also at any point throughout the year.
Applications Open for the Church of England ‘Leaders Like Us’ (LLU) Programme
LLU is designed to support UKME/GMH aspiring senior leaders from across Church of England schools and surrounding schools. Participants do not need to work in a CofE school, but they must identify as UKME/GMH.
This year, they would also welcome mentors in the following capacities:
- Headteachers from primary schools
- Heads and deputy headteachers from secondary schools
(Mentors are welcome from all heritages and from all school contexts.)
For more information click here.
To apply to be a mentor click here.
Applications close on Friday, 21 November 2025
‘Whole Hearted’ Leadershp Pathway for Leaders in Church of England Schools – Enrol Now
The DBE are currently enrolling for leadershp programmes which are a mix of self study and online touching base meetings. They are free to leaders in DSA subscribing schools.
The two year programmes are designed to support those with leadership roles in Church of England schools in Coventry Diocese to explore how to lead with Christian disctinctiveness and to support them in becoming the leader that they want to be.
The Middle Leaders programme has been running for three years and is a very successful. We have had great feedback and many of the participants have sucessfully gone on to Headship within our family of schools.
The Senior Leaders programme is new for this year and has been written by Jen Jenkins, the DBE’s RE and Spriituality Officer in collaboration with some of our Church School Heads.
Contact Lisa if you wish to sign up. Lisa.Boffey@coventrydbe.org
For the full headlines Newsletter contact joanne.evans@coventrydbe.org