Collective Worship Policy:
To promote a corporate ethos of respect and tolerance. To develop an
understanding of time for reflection.
Rationale
Collective Worship should complement the school’s program of Religious
Education in enhancing student’s spiritual and moral development. It is
important that the school provides students with the opportunities to
reflect and express spiritual values. Such opportunities are likely to
be available where there is a school-wide atmosphere which inspires a
sense of beauty, wonder, pride, and pity, sharing sadness or loss,
peace, thankfulness, stillness.
These opportunities are probably best explored during Collective
Worship, the majority of which will be based on Hinduism, Sikhism.
Unfortunately, the school facilities do not allow for regular whole
school assemblies and, therefore, assemblies have to be shared between
the Year groups. Each Year group holds at least one assembly per week.
On non assembly days, Tutors are obliged to undertake an act of
reflection with their Tutor Group of all religious nature. This takes
place under the “Thought for the Day”. Students cannot and should not be
forced to worship.
Aims
1. To provide students with opportunities to reflect and express
spiritual and moral values.
2. To create an atmosphere throughout the school of mutual respect for
people, their beliefs and values.
3. To support teachers in their role of providing spiritual and moral
guidance to their students.
Good practice
1. The school holds a minimum of one assembly per week for all students.
2. On non-assembly days, Tutors undertake a period of collective worship
with their Tutor Group. Tutors are supported in this role by their Heads
of Year, who provide them with appropriate thoughts for the day.
3. Students are encouraged, not only to take part in acts of collective
worship, but are positively encouraged to lead sessions both during
assemblies and in their Tutor Groups.
4. All areas are encouraged to consider the moral and spiritual aspects
of the curriculum they teach. They are asked to provide the students
with opportunities to discuss the spiritual and moral implications
relating to their subject.
5. Where appropriate, we invite outside speakers into the school, to
lead assemblies or to look at particular aspects of spiritual and moral
education.