Collective Worship at Chestnut Street is an integral and vital part of the school day. It will help educate for wisdom, knowledge and skills, hope and aspiration, dignity and respect, and developing community and understanding of living well together.

In our school, worship is central to the life of school and is the main platform for exploring the school’s vision. It is well planned and of high quality so that the whole school community is engaged on a journey of discovery, exploring the teachings of Jesus and the Bible.

For Christians in Church, worship is about honouring God and responding to the loving nature of God as revealed through the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. A school is not a Church, but is a collection of people who come from a variety of backgrounds for the purpose of education. We recognise that family backgrounds may be very different and collective worship must take account of the varied circumstances of staff and pupils.

Collective Worship aims to be inspirational, invitational and inclusive and will lead people to a threshold where they can witness worship and join in, if they wish.

Our Collective Worship timetable for the week

Monday: Choral Worship led by our teaching team

Tuesday: EYFS & KS1 Class Worship, KS2 have key stage worship

Wednesday: EYFS & KS1 have key stage worship, KS2 have class worship 

Thursday: School Values whole school - Mr Doud and Mrs Hall

Friday: Celebration - Head of School - Mr Doud