The Church of England has a long and respected history of involvement of education.

Church of England schools are established primarily for the communities they are located in and were founded by parishes to serve the poorest children. They are inclusive and serve equally those who are of the Christian faith, those of other faiths and those with no faith.

You can read more about Church of England schools here.

The History of Our School

 The crossed swords are the symbol for St Paul and the Christ the King symbol is presumably for All Hallows’. The church was until the 15th century called All Saints. Interestingly All Hallows is in the gift of St Paul’s cathedral so the crossed swords are doubly important as that is their symbol too.

All Hallows’ celebration day is November 1st.

St Paul’s day is January 25th and is the celebration of his conversion.

The last Sunday before Advent is ‘Christ the King’ Sunday. The Gospel set for that day is about Jesus the Good Shepherd also being the King and the judge. He wades into the sheep and goats and separates them, the sheep that have helped the poor and needy are rewarded and the goats who have been greedy and uncaring of others are condemned.

The last Sunday before Advent is also known as ‘Stir up’ Sunday which is what the shepherd did with the sheep and the goats. Traditionally, the day was the day everyone then went home from church and made their Christmas puddings or cakes, and everyone in the family had a stir.

The Church of England Prayer or Collect for the day is:

Stir up, O Lord,

the wills of your faithful people;

that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be plenteously rewarded;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.