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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

    Governors Monitoring

    Calendar26 February 2025 | 3 June 2025

    Learn how to monitor against the School Development Plan as a governor including a focus on Collective Worship, Religious Education, Spirituality and other areas in Inspection frameworks. 

    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. 

  • Governance
    Leadership

    Governance in a Christian Manner

    Calendar6 March 2025

    The concept of ‘in a Christian Manner’ was introduced in thinking about education and a SIAMS Inspection. Grove Books have published a book by Mike Simmonds exploring this theme enabling governors to reflect on the impact of their faith as they carry out their roles and responsibilities. 

    Leadership
    SIAMS

    Understanding and Developing Spirituality in the Primary School

    Calendar18 March 2025

    Spirituality is at the heart of what it means to be human. The SIAMS Framework asks how school leaders ensure that spiritual development is an intrinsic part of the curriculum and central to the school vision This course will explore what we mean by spirituality and explore ways we capture this in our schools.    

  • Leadership

    Termly Network Meeting - Developing Courageous Advocacy and Global Citizenship

    Calendar23 April 2025

    We invite our Church schools interested in developing Courageous Advocacy and Global Citizenship to join our online network meetings.

    RE

    RE Network Meetings

    Calendar28 January 2025 | 29 April 2025

    This RE Network meetings provide an opportunity to collaborate, network and share best practice with those across the Diocese.

  • Governance

    Governors Monitoring

    Calendar26 February 2025 | 3 June 2025

    Learn how to monitor against the School Development Plan as a governor including a focus on Collective Worship, Religious Education, Spirituality and other areas in Inspection frameworks. 

  • 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. 

  • Governance
    Leadership

    Governance in a Christian Manner

    Calendar6 March 2025

    The concept of ‘in a Christian Manner’ was introduced in thinking about education and a SIAMS Inspection. Grove Books have published a book by Mike Simmonds exploring this theme enabling governors to reflect on the impact of their faith as they carry out their roles and responsibilities. 

  • Leadership
    SIAMS

    Understanding and Developing Spirituality in the Primary School

    Calendar18 March 2025

    Spirituality is at the heart of what it means to be human. The SIAMS Framework asks how school leaders ensure that spiritual development is an intrinsic part of the curriculum and central to the school vision This course will explore what we mean by spirituality and explore ways we capture this in our schools.