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Church Buildings Surgery in Stroud
Wednesday 23 April

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Monday 28 April

Sacred Pathways: Renewing Your Practice, Voice and Vision
Tuesday 29 April

ILLUMINATE
Wednesday 30 April

Raising Awareness of Domestic Abuse Training
Thursday 01 May

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Six schools gather for ‘Experience Lent’ at All Saints’ Church

Tuesday 18 March

Over 140 children from six local primary schools gathered at Down Ampney C of E Primary School on Ash Wednesday this year for ‘Experience Lent’. Pupils from Ampney Crucis, Hatherop,Continue reading

Bishop Rachel’s Christmas 2024 message to children and schools

Tuesday 10 December

This is a special Christmas message for all the children in the Diocese of Gloucester from Bishop Rachel. Teachers, Sunday club leaders, parents, foundation governors, clergy, Bishop’s Visitors to Schools,Continue reading

Net Zero Carbon push to get triple boost

Tuesday 01 October

An exciting new partnership between the dioceses of Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester is set to give a boost to the region’s push for Net Zero Carbon by 2030. A teamContinue reading

Children, Youth and Families Blog: Annual Leaver’s Services at Gloucester Cathedral.

Thursday 20 June

Lisa-Jayne, our Stewardship and Giving Advisor, shares her first experience of attending the annual Leaver’s Services at Gloucester Cathedral. What an unexpected joy it was to join colleagues from theContinue reading

Live updates from the Big Mission Weekend: Randwick C of E Primary School

Friday 24 May

We’re sharing live updates from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to the Diocese of Gloucester during our Big Mission Weekend. Friday 24 May, Philosophy for Children lesson at Randwick ChurchContinue reading

Message from Bishop Robert, 9 April 2024

Tuesday 09 April

It was over two decades ago that Lord Deering described our church schools as the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the Church of England. It is a sentiment with which I wholeheartedly agree and of which I am reminded at every opportunity I get to spend time in one of our 116 church schools in this diocese.

Could you provide pastoral support to C of E schools?

Monday 08 April

Bishop Robert and Bishop Rachel are looking for special people with a background in education who can take on the role of Bishop’s Visitor to Schools. This is a voluntaryContinue reading

Outstanding Ofsted judgement for Christ Church C of E Primary School

Monday 29 January

Christ Church CofE Primary in Cheltenham is celebrating having been awarded an Outstanding rating in all five areas of effectiveness in an inspection last month. The glowing report states that,Continue reading

Children grow their own food at St John’s Academy gardening club

Tuesday 23 January

Pupils at St John’s Primary Academy in Coleford have been getting their hands dirty and growing plants and vegetables at a new after school gardening club. The club was setContinue reading

Water dispensers at All Saints’ dramatically cut plastic waste

Monday 22 January

All Saints’ Academy in Cheltenham has prevented the use of 37,271 plastic bottles since September, by installing water bottle refilling stations around the school. From November, the academy stopped sellingContinue reading

Experience Easter Outside: popular teaching resource relaunched

Wednesday 10 January

Rosie of Hartpury CofE Primary School has been using the Experience Easter Outside teaching resource; “It’s been so easy to setup, it’s all there, and the kids are getting soContinue reading

A Christmas message for schools, from Bishop Robert

Wednesday 13 December

A Christmas message for schools, from the Bishop of Tewkesbury, the Rt Revd Robert Springett. Transcript I want to say huge thank you to everybody who makes up the lifeContinue reading

The Big Mission Weekend with the Archbishop of Canterbury: 24 to 26 May 2024

Tuesday 05 December

We are delighted to announce that the Archbishop of Canterbury will be with us in this diocese for the weekend of Friday 24 May to Sunday 26 May 2024. This is part of his programme of evangelistic weekends in different dioceses.

Bishop Emmanuel shares stories of Tanzania with Clearwater Academy pupils

Tuesday 21 November

Bishop Emmanuel Bwatta, from the Diocese of Western Tanganyika, Tanzania, visited Clearwater Academy to find out about the school and meet the children and staff. Clearwater Academy is linked withContinue reading

Message from Jane Borgeaud, 5 September 2023

Tuesday 05 September

This week’s message is written by Jane Borgeaud who joined the Diocese of Gloucester on 1 September as the Director of Education.

Celebrating God’s story through stained glass windows

Tuesday 25 July

This July and August, the Church of England is running #StainedGlassSummer, a campaign which brings an opportunity for churches to share more about their beautiful buildings and encourage people toContinue reading

Bishop of Gloucester brings young voices to Parliament

Wednesday 28 June

The Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, is holding an event in the House of Lords to call for strengthened protections in the Online Safety Bill.

Celebrating with our church school leavers at the Cathedral

Tuesday 20 June

Over the past week, over 2,500 Year 2 and Year 6 children from 102 Church of England schools across the Diocese of Gloucester have attended Leavers’ Services at Gloucester CathedralContinue reading

Pupils sowing seeds of hope at Oak Hill CoE Primary

Monday 17 April

As part of the Big Seed Sow, pupils from a Church of England school in Tewkesbury have been planting sunflowers to show support for the people of Ukraine. The BigContinue reading

‘Excellent’ SIAMS report for Clearwater C of E Primary Academy

Monday 20 March

A primary academy in Quedgeley has been praised for its highly effective Christian leadership and offering an engaging curriculum through which all its pupils can flourish. Clearwater C of EContinue reading

Using nature to reduce flood risk at Cam Hopton School

Tuesday 31 January

Expert engineers have created an innovative water management system to tackle a flooding problem at Cam Hopton Church of England Primary School. The hillside position of the school, situated aboveContinue reading

Eco campaigner Josie lights up her school

Tuesday 04 October

PV panels have been fitted to the roof of Bussage Church of England Primary School after a 10-year-old schoolgirl inspired her local community to take action on the environment. JosieContinue reading

Shoebox gifts to show Ukraine we care

Tuesday 27 September

Children leaving church primary school across the Diocese of Gloucester collected and sent over 500 shoeboxes filled with gifts to children in Ukraine over the summer, as well as donatingContinue reading

Primrose Hill Primary Church of England Academy celebrates Ofsted report

Tuesday 20 September

Primrose Hill Primary C of E Academy in Lydney has been awarded an Ofsted ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ judgements in two of the five areas inspected. Inspectors visited the school atContinue reading

Field Court Infants plot against plastic pollution

Monday 28 March

Children in year 2 at Field Court Infant Academy have been learning all about plastic pollution in the world’s oceans as part of their topic “He’s got the whole worldContinue reading

Local and National Updates – March Diocesan Education News

Friday 25 March

Congratulations and welcome to the following leaders who are joining us this Spring term or changing their role: Steph Matthews – interim executive headteacher at Holy Trinity CofE Primary School,Continue reading

Carbon Reduction and Eco News

Friday 25 March

All schools, please sign up today! Come and join: St Mark’s C.E Junior School, Sapperton C.E Primary School, Miserden C.E Primary School, St Andrew’s C.E Chedworth, Old Sodbury C.E PrimaryContinue reading

Clearwater celebrates first Ofsted inspection

Thursday 24 March

Clearwater Church of England Primary Academy is celebrating a glowing Ofsted report in its first inspection since it opened in 2017. Behaviour and attitudes, and personal development, have been judgedContinue reading

RE and Art Competition reminder, 2021 – 2022

Tuesday 22 March

Glimpses of Belief The Education Team is running its annual RE and art competition, for our family of schools, on the theme Glimpses of Belief. This year, to make thingsContinue reading

God asked me to adopt on Mothering Sunday

Tuesday 22 March

On Mothering Sunday 2020, Katherine heard God calling her to adoption. She shares her story. “I was 35 and had been praying for a husband and family. It hadn’t happenedContinue reading

Minchinhampton School brings power to solar project

Monday 31 January

Minchinhampton School is powering towards net-zero with an innovative project to help plug the gap between its finances and its eco-friendly aspirations.

The Pop Box – developed with the team at the Diocese of Gloucester.

Thursday 13 January

iSingPop presents the Pop Box, developed with the team at the Diocese of Gloucester.

Think Pray Do Together

Friday 26 November

The Education Team at the Diocese of Gloucester is inviting schools, alongside families and worshipping communities, to consider what can be done to help our world, using the simple methodContinue reading

Pioneer Ministry Blog: Bible and Big Bang – can they go together?

Thursday 04 November

Engaging schools and congregations with big questions around science and faith Psalm 111:2 ESV: Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. This yearContinue reading

Baptisms moving outdoors in Thornbury and Oldbury

Monday 25 October

The Revd Joy Ludlow, Priest-in-charge, United Benefice of Thornbury and Oldbury with Shepperdine blogs about how the pandemic has changed their approach to baptism. “Like many of our communities, inContinue reading

A comic strip pointed me to my true calling

Friday 22 October

Exhausted primary school teacher Joanne Wykes was spending her life pushing herself to excel at work and also had tried to give everything to her previous church. But when lockdownContinue reading

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