This one-hour online course seeks to equip school leaders and collective worship leads with confidence in creating age-appropriate opportunities for spiritual flourishing among tweens and teens. The session will share practical ideas and supportive approaches to help schools nurture reflection, meaning, belonging and spiritual development within collective worship and wider school life.
This course supports school leaders and collective worship leads in thinking creatively and confidently about spiritual flourishing for tweens and teens. It will explore how schools can offer age-appropriate opportunities for reflection, stillness, wonder, questioning, and connection, recognising the distinct needs of pupils as they move through upper primary and secondary phases.
Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their current provision and identify simple next steps that could strengthen opportunities for spiritual development in their own context.
Aims
- Build confidence in providing age-appropriate opportunities for spiritual flourishing for tweens and teens
- Explore practical ways to nurture reflection, belonging, meaning and spiritual curiosity
Topics covered
- What spiritual flourishing can look like for tweens and teens
- Creating safe and meaningful spaces for reflection, questioning and response
- Practical ideas and resources for collective worship, tutor time, classroom practice and whole-school moments
- How spiritual development connects with Christian vision, ethos and flourishing
Participants will leave with:
- A clearer understanding of how to support spiritual flourishing for older pupils
- Practical ideas that can be adapted for upper primary, secondary and all-through school contexts
Location: Teams
Duration: 1hr
Suitable for: Headteachers, CW Leads, Primary, Secondary
Facilitator: Laura O'Boyle
Dates:
10 February 2027, 3.45pm
Course facilitator
I am very happy to have joined the Education Team as a Schools Advisor for Christian Distinctiveness. My role will predominantly focus on advising schools on their Collective Worship, Christian Vision and Ethos, as well as Social Justice and Spirituality.
Before joining the Education Team, I worked in schools for over 20 years across the Diocese of Chelmsford, in both mainstream and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) settings. My academic background is theological, having studied Christian Theology at university.
I later pursued postgraduate studies in Chaplaincy, which deepened my understanding of spirituality and pastoral support within education settings. My experience includes leading the Christian Ethos of schools, line managing Chaplaincy, and overseeing areas such as Relationship, Sex and Health Education (RSHE), Personal, Social, Citizenship and Health Education (PSCHE), Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC), and Religious Education (RE).
I am passionate about placing Spirituality at the heart of school life, and I look forward to supporting schools in creating inclusive, vision-driven environments where every child feels seen, valued, and supported.
Outside of work, I enjoy reading, walking my dog, spending time with my family and visiting places of cultural and historical interest.
Cost
This course is available to PA Subscribed Schools only
Dates
10 February 2027, 3.45pm
7 October 2026