All Saints Church – Oakham
Oakham Church of England Primary School is part of The Diocese of Peterborough. All Saints Parish Church Oakham, situated right in the heart of the town, is the largest Church in England’s smallest county. It has a full range of worship and community activities on every day of the week. We work in partnership with the churches and ministers of the other nine churches in the Oakham Team Ministry. There are very good and fruitful relations with other Churches in the town. We aim to be a welcoming Christian community and as the only Anglican church in the town we attract people from all traditions. We value our musical life and are committed to engaged preaching. Children are welcomed and encouraged at all our services. A range of home, fellowship and study groups are held in the Parish and across the Team. All Saints Church – Oakham Website: www.allsaintsoakham.org.uk
Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS)
All Church of England dioceses and the Methodist Church use the National Society’s framework for the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005. The framework sets out the expectations for the conduct of the Statutory Inspection of Anglican, Methodist and ecumenical Schools under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005 and provides a process for evaluating the extent to which church schools are “distinctively and recognisably Christian institutions”.
A link to our latest SIAMS report is below:
SIAMS inspection focuses on the effect that the Christian ethos of the church school has on the children and young people who attend it. Church schools will employ a variety of strategies and styles, which reflect their particular local context or church tradition in order to be distinctive and effective. Inspectors will, therefore, not be looking to apply a preconceived template of what a church school should be like.
The principal objective of SIAMS inspection is to evaluate the distinctiveness and effectiveness of the school as a church school.
The style of inspection by SIAMS has recently changed, it will now focus on the following three questions:
- Who are we as a school?
- Why are we here?
- How then do we live?
It looks at this from seven different strands:
– Vision and Leadership
– Wisdom, Knowledge and Skills
– Character Development: Hope, Aspiration and Courageous Advocacy
– Community and Living Well Together
– Dignity and Respect
– The impact of collective worship
– The effectiveness of religious education
All Saints Updates
We regularly share updates from our friends at All Saints Church. These include thoughts and activity worksheets for all of our children.
