Our school vision prioritises human flourishing for all; one that embraces academic excellence alongside character and spiritual development and an emphasis on making a positive contribution to our community and the world. 

In achieving this vision, collective worship has a very important role to play.  Our daily act of worship, as part of our strong and positive partnership with St. Peter’s Church, is a very important part of not only fostering a sense of community but also expressing our vision and making it a effective reality.

It is mainly of a Christian character and helps to communicate and develop our School Ethos where we describe ourselves as aiming to develop our Head, Heart and Hands. This is an ethos and approach that we feel we can make real and understandable to our whole school community and it is a guiding principle that defines St Peter’s Junior School.     

Collective Worship, therefore, is not a standalone event, but one part of achieving this mission: what we might call developing the ‘Heart’ (wellbeing, character and spiritual development) at St Peter’s. Our Collective Worship plays a very important part in this and is the unique heartbeat of the school.  It is a key time when we can link who we are and our knowledge of our world to both our values and provide the opportunity to reflect on larger questions of meaning and purpose.  This we, believe, is fundamental to our children growing into active citizens, shaped through Christian values.     

In this way, collective worship genuinely and positively helps shape individual lives is a significant contributor to who we are and very much asks us to consider ‘who we might be?’