"Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development permeates everything." Ofsted
"The Christian vision at St Saviour’s has a striking impact on the everyday life of the school." SIAMS
Collective worship
Every day our school community comes together for collective worship. As a Church of England school our worship is founded on our Christian vision and values.
We encourage children to reflect in worship, to have a period of calm, respectful space in which to be mindful. We create a peaceful atmosphere where everyone, pupils and staff can find peace and stillness through music, a lit candle being focal point for attention. The candle represents the light of Christ shining a path and the lights that each one of us can be to inspire our spirit.
Every day there is a different focus, a different member of staff or clergy leading us, supported by pupils.
Monday’s worship is led by the head of school or a member of the senior leadership team to explore the theme for the week based on the school's vision and values.
Tuesday’s worship is led by a senior member of staff and explores how our values translate into kindness towards one another. We also have Tom Daggett (St Paul's Cathedral Outreach) who leads the music.
Wednesday’s worship is hymn practice.
Thursday’s worship is led by the clergy from All Saints and Saint Nicholas churches and other parish churches.
Friday's worship is one where parents are invited to celebrate children’s achievements, efforts and learning.
We celebrate all the major Christian festivals throughout the year at our local parish church of All Saints Poplar. The festival celebrated in at all Saints include harvest Christingle Ash Wednesday, Holy week and a special year six mass at transition. We are lucky to host and organise a joint year six service of all the year six pupils and staff from all of the Church of England schools in Tower Hamlets at All Saints.
Withdrawal from worship
St Saviour's serves a multicultural community in a vibrant part of London. Whilst we promote the Christian faith and welcome those of the faith, we respect and welcome pupils of other faiths and those of none. Through our worship we acknowledge and respect world faiths and pupils seek to be still without partaking in religious observance or prayer. Parents are invited to discuss any concerns they might have around faith or worship with the headteacher.
Singing with St Paul's Cathedral
We are very lucky to have ongoing input to the music in our school from William Bruce, organ outreach scholar at St Paul's Cathedral. Our choir performs regularly at events both in and out of school. Find out more about St Paul's Cathedral's work in the school and the wider community here.
All Saints' and St Nicholas' Church
We are a Church of England school and our associated churches are All Saints and St Nicholas’ in the Parish of Poplar. We have services in All Saints Church, a fifteen minute walk away, on key dates in the church calendar.
Useful links
Guidance for tackling homophobic bullying - Valuing All of God's Children
"Enable every child to flourish" - Statement of Entitlement
"Deeply Christian, serving the common good" - Church of England Vision for Education
London Diocesan Board of Schools
We are part of the London Diocesan Board of Schools. We regularly meet with other schools in order to develop and share good practice.
You can find out more information about the LDBS on their website here.(http://schools.london.anglican.org/)