Diocese of Ely

Diocese of Ely

Canon Tim Elbourne
(Diocesan Director of Education and Training)
Diocesan Office
Bishop Woodford House
Barton Road
ELY
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DX

Tel:	01353 663579
Fax:	01353 666148
Email:	[email protected]


Number of Church Schools:	82
Local LEAs:	Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Peterborough
Syllabus:	Religious Education Guidelines for Church Schools
Diocesan Website:	http://www.ely.anglican.org/

Resources Centre

Diocesan Office
Bishop Woodford House
Barton Road
ELY
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DX
Tel: 01353 652725
Fax: 01353 652700
Email: [email protected]

Opening Hours: Monday - Friday from 9am - 5pm, evenings by appointment.

Centre Administrator: Mrs Sarah Sheffield

There are at present 5000 books (including a section on Collective Worship), and 200 videos available and the collection is continually being updated.

(Resources include - religious artefacts from Christianity and the other five world faiths cited in the SCAA model syllabuses; 4 parachutes; slide sets; cassette tapes; board games; a collection of periodicals; promotional leaflets and journals.)

Supporting Schools in Ely Diocese

Diocesan RE Adviser for Schools:

Dr Shirley Hall
Diocesan Office
Bishop Woodford House
Barton Road
ELY
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DX
Tel: 01353 663579
Fax: 01353 666148

The RE Adviser for Schools is able to offer assistance to schools and their clergy in matters concerning Religious Education, Collective Worship and Church School life:

Preparing Church Schools for Section 23 Denominational Inspections which run in tandem with OFSTED Inspections.
In-service Training for teachers and/or governors.
Writing programmes of study for RE. Sharing teaching ideas.
Preparing policy documents for Collective Worship and RE.
Exploring spiritual and moral development across the curriculum.
Developing a school's Statement of Purpose/Mission Statement.
Running termly RE Primary Liaison Groups throughout the Diocese.
(Southern Peterborough, March, West Norfolk, Wisbech, Ely, Sawtry, Linton, Cambridge, St Neots.)
A selection of school resources from the Resources Centre at the Diocesan Office, is available at the termly RE meetings and may be taken to individual schools on request.
There are annual festivals for Church Schools at the Cathedral each October.
Each Church School is supported by a Bishop's School Visitor.

Cathedral Education Centre

The Chapter House
The College
ELY
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4DL

Tel: 01353 667735
Fax: 01353 665658

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