Welcome to the Diocese of Leicester - The Church of England in Leicester and Leicestershire

The Diocese of Leicester - The Church of England in Leicester and Leicestershire
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Welcome to the Leicester Diocesan Board of Education

The Leicester Diocesan Board of Education is proud of its family of Church of England Schools - Primary, Secondary and all-age; Voluntary Aided, Voluntary Controlled and Academy; and seeks to support and serve headteachers, staff, governors, clergy and parishes for the benefit of all children, young people and families.

We invite you to spend a few minutes exploring our pages. Use the links in the box immediately on the left to reach the appropriate page in our website.

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Diocesan jigsaw
produced by our schools

Ten church schools contributed their skills in designing a map of the diocese featuring pictures of ten of Jesus' parables. This was brought to Leicester Cathedral on Education Sunday and was on display during Lent and Eastertide.

The schools contributing from the ten deaneries were:

                  Leicester   Hope Hamilton School  Friend at Midnight
                  Framland   Waltham on the Wolds  The lost sheep
                  Gartree First   Lubenham All Saints’  Wise and foolish man
                  Gartree Second  All Saints, Wigston   Great feast
                  Goscote   Cossington    Waiting servants
                  Akeley East   St Bartholomew’s Quorn  Sower
                  N W Leicestershire  St John the Baptist, Whitwick Good samaritan
                  Guthlaxton   Orchard, Broughton Astley  Rich landowner
                  Sparkenhoe West  Witherley    Prodigal son
                  Sparkenhoe East Richard Hill, Thurcaston  The lost coin


NEWS

OUT NOW!

Our termly newsletter has been sent to schools. Further copies can be downloaded from the newsletters section of our website [follow newsletterand then Autumn Term 2009 in the box on the left]

THE CHURCH AS A RESOURCE FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
The Diocesan Board of Education is delighted to promote a course being run for clergy and church leaders on Tuesday November 10th in Leicester Cathedral. Sharing the practice of our RE Adviser/The Cathedral's Education Officer, Janet Ingram will promote many ways to use your church as a resource for Religious Education.
To apply for a place on this course, please download this application form, [click here] complete it and send it, e-mail it, or fax it [see "Our staff" page for information] to Helen Van Roose


CHRISTIAN VALUES FOR CHURCH SCHOOLS:
A new website has been launched which looks at Christian values for church schools. This reflects on values like forgiveness, justice and peace [there are fifteen in total] and firmly bases the values within our Christian heritage. Click here to access this site directly.



Click here to download an application form for all our courses
[All courses must be apllied for using this form; no applications can be taken by phone]

 

Resources

The resources can be saved to your own machine by right clicking on the link and selecting the option to "Save Target As..." - this saves a copy to your own PC.



The Cathedral Square DevelopmentFind out more about Leicester Cathedral (opens in new window)Find out more about Young People For LifeFind out more about St. Philip's Centre (opens in new window)Find out about Launde Abbey (opens in new window)