Collective Worship

Our daily act of Collective Worship is the heartbeat of our school community. Attended by all staff and pupils, it provides a daily opportunity for reflection, prayer, celebration, and joyful expression of our Christian faith. Worship at St Katherine's is invitational, inclusive, engaging, and rooted in the teachings of Jesus.

The school aims to preserve and develop its religious character in accordance with the principles of the Church of England.  St Katherine's Church of England Primary School aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice.  It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers to all its pupils.

The 1988 Education Reform Act requires that there be a daily act of collective worship for all pupils, which is of a wholly or mainly broadly Christian character. Collective worship takes place each day.  

Our daily act of worship usually takes place in the school hall, except one day a week, when it is held in class.

Parents can exercise the right for their children’s withdrawal from worship on religious grounds.