Students from St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford, have won a joint-diocese competition in Westminster. Their award-winning project explored homelessness and human dignity, inspiring ongoing action through support for Caritas Brentwood.

Teachers from across the Diocese gathered recently at Cathedral House for the presentation of the Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies (CCRS) from Bishop Alan.

Amanda McAuliffe, Headteacher of St Helen’s Catholic Infant and Nursery School in Brentwood, has been named ‘Headteacher of the Year’ at the 2026 Essex Teaching Awards.

SJP staff attended a Royal Garden Party on the feast of St John Payne.

The inaugural Holy Sepulchre Community festival at New Hall School in May welcomed students and staff from Heilig Graf School for a weekend celebrating faith, friendship and shared tradition.

St Bonaventure’s Catholic School recently welcomed a delegation of Franciscan friars from the United States as part of the school’s ongoing celebrations for the Jubilee Year of St Francis.

St Teresa’s Primary School, Basildon competed against 120 other schools to win the final of Essex County’s ‘Small Schools Athletics Competition’.

Concerned by the negative effects mobile phone use can have on children, Our Lady of Lourdes School has implemented a successful mobile phone pledge, encouraging parents to delay the purchase of smartphones until secondary school.

The school is launching this national initiative in memory of Sir David, a past pupil who believed children should learn not just how democracy works, but why it matters.