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Promoting life in all its fullness through education across Essex and East London

Welcome to Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Education

Our 138 Church of England schools educate thousands of pupils each day. It's our priviledge to lead, equip and encourage them as we serve and support education across our diverse diocese in Essex and East London.

Our commitment is for children and young people to flourish and have a life-enhancing encounter with the Christian faith and Jesus Christ.

The Chelmsford Diocese Board of Education is dedicated to providing excellent training, advice and resources to our whole family of schools and their leaders, teachers, support staff, governors and chaplains.

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Our Schools

We support 139 richly diverse Church Schools across the diocese. From the inner-city boroughs of East London, to rural villages within the Essex countryside.

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Training and Events

Our training is carefully designed to support many areas of school life including school improvement, Christian distinctiveness, Governance and SIAMs preparation.

We offer course relevant to headteachers, subject leaders, teaching staff and governors working in schools across the Diocese.

See all our training and events

  • Governance

    Safeguarding as Mission

    Calendar3 October 2024

    Having undertaken or planning to do safeguarding training elsewhere, governors of Church schools will find this session helpful to provide theological roots to why and how to develop their strategic role.

    RE

    RE Curriculum Design and Evaluation

    Calendar26 February 2025

    The purpose of the course is to enable those leading RE to develop knowledge, understanding of current expectations and how they relate to your context.  Exploring the ways RE curriculum design evolves and ways to adapt to ensure high quality RE for all your pupils.  Each participating delegate will be asked to submit their current RE curriculum plan and can raise any specific questions so that the content can be tailored. The session will include input, posing of evaluative questions, identification of areas to be developed and an opportunity to network with other schools.

  • Governance

    New Chair of Governors of a Church School

    Calendar8 October 2024

    Have you been recently elected to a chairing role?

    This short course is designed to help all new and potential chairs, vice-chairs and committee chairs to explore their role as leaders and the responsibilities involved specifically in a church school context. Following the session attendees are offered the opportunity of 1:1 support along with an online Learning Page with relevant resources.

    Governance
    SIAMS

    SIAMS Workshop

    Calendar10 October 2024 | 30 January 2025 | 8 May 2025

    These workshops will help school leaders and governors to prepare for a SIAMS inspection.

  • Collective Worship
    Leadership

    New to Leading Collective Worship

    Calendar15 October 2024

    New to Collective Worship Leadership 

    This session reflects on the legal requirements of your role; ideas to consider in long term planning Of Collective Worship and signposting to great resources to support your practice.  

     

    Leadership
    RE

    Incarnation

    Calendar22 October 2024

    This course provides an opportunity to develop subject knowledge, engage with a variety of resources, and have a clear understanding of expectations of understanding within each year group / key stage. 

  • Governance

    Safeguarding as Mission

    Calendar3 October 2024

    Having undertaken or planning to do safeguarding training elsewhere, governors of Church schools will find this session helpful to provide theological roots to why and how to develop their strategic role.

  • RE

    RE Curriculum Design and Evaluation

    Calendar26 February 2025

    The purpose of the course is to enable those leading RE to develop knowledge, understanding of current expectations and how they relate to your context.  Exploring the ways RE curriculum design evolves and ways to adapt to ensure high quality RE for all your pupils.  Each participating delegate will be asked to submit their current RE curriculum plan and can raise any specific questions so that the content can be tailored. The session will include input, posing of evaluative questions, identification of areas to be developed and an opportunity to network with other schools.

  • Governance

    New Chair of Governors of a Church School

    Calendar8 October 2024

    Have you been recently elected to a chairing role?

    This short course is designed to help all new and potential chairs, vice-chairs and committee chairs to explore their role as leaders and the responsibilities involved specifically in a church school context. Following the session attendees are offered the opportunity of 1:1 support along with an online Learning Page with relevant resources.

  • Governance
    SIAMS

    SIAMS Workshop

    Calendar10 October 2024 | 30 January 2025 | 8 May 2025

    These workshops will help school leaders and governors to prepare for a SIAMS inspection.