ODBE Worship & Spirituality training 2025-26

Friday

17 October

9:30am- 3:30pm

Church House Oxford

Collective Worship – Everything you need to know

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Training+ Free

SLA: £ 150 (+ VAT) per person

Non-SLA: £220 (+VAT) per person

To explore the legal status of worship in Church schools and offer examples of planning and ideas to develop the provision on offer. There will be a focus on worship within SIAMS.

Tuesday

21 October

3:30pm - 5.00pm

Online

 

 

Collective Worship and Spirituality Network Meetings

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Annual cost to cover all 3 sessions over academic year

Training +: Free

SLA: £30 (+VAT)

 

Non-SLA: £75 (+VAT)

 

A termly meeting to support developing inspiring, creative worship and weaving opportunities for spiritual experiences across the whole school.

Using the church’s cycle of the year as our starting point we will explore elements of worship, share ideas for Christian festivals and look at best practice across the diocese to help support inclusive, invitational and inspiring acts of collective worship.

Friday

28 November

9:30am-3:30pm

Church House Oxford

Developing an Approach to Spirituality

 

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Training+ Free

SLA: £ 150 (+VAT)

Non-SLA: £220 (+VAT)

The session will focus on what spirituality means in a Church school and how this is developed and enhanced to reflect the Christian vision of your school.

Monday

01 December

7:00-8:00pm

 

Online

Guide to Collective Worship and Spiritual Flourishing

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Governance+ Free

SLA: £45 (+VAT) for up to 3 governors

Non-SLA: £65 (+VAT) for up to 3 governors

This new course will support governors in Church schools to understand what the law expects collective worship to contain and how acts of worship should reflect the Christian vision of the school.

Spring 2026

Monday

9 February

3:30pm - 5.00pm

Online

 

 

Collective Worship and Spirituality Network Meetings

Book here

Annual cost to cover all 3 sessions over academic year

Training + Free

 

SLA: £30 (+VAT)

Non-SLA: £75 (+VAT)

 

A termly meeting to support developing inspiring, creative worship and weaving opportunities for spiritual experiences across the whole school.

Using the church’s cycle of the year as our starting point we will explore elements of worship, share ideas for Christian festivals and look at best practice across the diocese to help support inclusive, invitational and inspiring acts of collective worship.

Friday

06 March

9:30am – 3:30pm

 

Church House Oxford

Collective Worship – Everything you need to know

 

Book here

Training+ Free

 

SLA: £ 150 (+VAT) per person

Non-SLA: £220 (+VAT)

This session will explore the legal status of worship in Church schools. We will offer examples of planning and ideas to develop the provision on offer. We will explore how worship can be inclusive, invitational and inspiring for pupils and adults. There will be a focus on worship within SIAMS.

Monday

16 March

3:30pm-5:00pm

 

Online

Using the Cycle of the Year/  Liturgical Calendar in School

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Training+ Free

 

SLA: £35 (+VAT)

Non-SLA: £65 (+VAT)

A twilight session that will explore the cycle of the church’s year and unpick the seasons of the liturgical calendar. We will help you to consider how this can be used to enhance church and school relationships and to develop provision for collective worship across school.

Wednesday

18 March

9.30am-12.30pm

 

Online

Spiritualty

Mini-Conference

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Training+ Free

 

SLA: £75 (+VAT)

Non-SLA: £110 (+VAT)

A deeper look into Spirituality to suggest appropriate next steps and progression for schools that have an established language, and a curriculum that provides for spiritual development. We welcome keynote speaker Paul Rusby from Diocese of Carlisle. 

Summer 2026

Monday

20 April

7:00-8:00pm

Online

Guide to Collective Worship and Spiritual Flourishing

Book here

Governance+ Free

SLA: £45 (+VAT) for up to 3 governors

Non-SLA: £65 (+VAT) for up to 3 governors

This new course will support governors in Church schools to understand what the law expects collective worship to contain and how acts of worship should reflect the Christian vision of the school.

Friday

15 May

9.30am-3.30 pm

 

Church House Oxford

Developing an Approach to Spirituality 

Book here

Training+ Free

SLA: £150 (+VAT) per person

Non-SLA: £220 (+VAT) per person

Including lunch

To help school leaders develop their understanding of spiritual flourishing.

The session will focus on what spirituality means in a Church school and how this is developed and enhanced to reflect the Christian vision of your school.

 

Thursday

21 May

3:30pm - 5.00pm

Online

 

 

Collective Worship and Spirituality Network Meetings

Book here

Annual cost to cover all 3 sessions over academic year

 

Training +: Free

 

SLA: £30 (+VAT)

Non-SLA: £75 (+VAT)

A termly meeting to support developing inspiring, creative worship and weaving opportunities for spiritual experiences across the whole school.

Using the church’s cycle of the year as our starting point we will explore elements of worship, share ideas for Christian festivals and look at best practice across the diocese to help support inclusive, invitational and inspiring acts of collective worship.

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