Chaplaincy

All Saints Church of England Academy is committed to demonstrating the love that God has for each person.  We value the uniqueness of each individual and the positive contribution that each student can make by putting Christian values into practice. 

Chaplaincy at All Saints is coordinated by a team of staff, including Mrs Lees, the Headteacher, and Mrs Morven Haye, who is a part-time Music and Drama teacher and Lay-Chaplain for the academy. Rev’d Brenda Forrester is chaplain to the school and Vicar of St Francis of Assisi CofE Church, Ingleby Barwick. She leads collective worship in the hall and a monthly Eucharist service in the school. Part of the role of the chaplain and lay-chaplain within the Academy is to be people of prayer and provide a supportive listening ear and/or pastoral support to staff as chaplaincy is part of the pastoral care of staff and students. Chaplaincy also provides a focus for staff and students through with ‘Thought for the Day’ and ‘Question of the Month’. Through chaplaincy the development of our Christian values will be explored in Prayer Spaces in the new Chapel space.

Miss N Crossling oversees Collective Worship as part of this team and Mrs Connor supports with collective worship services at the end of term.

The roles of our chaplaincy team are:

• To support the school in emphasising its spirituality and ethos as set out in the school’s vision statement;
• To support and encourage the school’s pastoral care for the whole school, students, staff and parents;
• To promote, plan and organise the celebration of worship and co-operate with others in developing the school as a Christian community;
• To assist in developing an awareness of God in our everyday lives

We have been inspired by the Five Marks of Mission set out by the Church of England and have seen personal growth in students who have become Tell, Tend, Treasure, Teach and Transform Leaders in the Academy.  Through practising our House Values, we help students to discover what Jesus Christ’s promise of ‘life in all its fullness’ might look like.  We are committed to the spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional, moral and social development of all our students.

In a changing educational landscape, the Church of England has a clear vision for the future of its schools. It believes human flourishing is found in these four main ingredients:

• seeking wisdom, knowledge and truth;
• instilling a sense of hope and aspiration in pupils;
• learning how to live in community and living well with others;
• recognising the ultimate worth of every human being and our God-given dignity.

The Christian Character of the school is supported by regular collective worship. All tutor group acts of Collective Worship are based around a Christian Value and are complemented by hall-based Collective Worship which always has a clear Christian focus. In tutor time students briefly reflect on a ‘Thought for the Day’ each and every morning and participate in deeper weekly form tutor and student led acts of Collective Worship.

We hope that all we seek to do in the Academy points to the glory of God and that we can continue to be a blessing on the entire community here in Ingleby Barwick.