The Pathway Course

A year-long programme with termly gatherings and gap tasks deepening school–church collaboration, addressing barriers, spiritual development, authentic pupil agency, family engagement, and effective navigation of differences.

School and church leaders are very busy. They want to work well together and sense how fruitful partnership could be, but this is hard to prioritise amidst more immediate tasks. Research shows that powerful school-church partnerships develop where:

·  External facilitation sets a context and structure for rich conversations.

·  Contextualised training is offered that is relevant to both partners.

·  Key parish leaders diarise time termly.

·  A jointly created and owned action plan is used.

The Pathways Course enables schools and churches to have termly opportunity to review and plan for the spiritual development of their community. The course content supports key leaders to work smarter not harder and to be more aware of how spiritual development opportunities are being received across all parts of their community, enabling them to better focus their collaboration. 

Applicable across the theological traditions, across the range of schools (age, foundation, size) and between all types of leaders from those who already relate strongly through to those who have some barriers to overcome.  

​Date: Tuesday 23 June 2026, 13 October 2026 and 9 March 2027.

Time: 10am-2.30pm with lunchbreak.

Cost: £150 per Head/Clergy partnership.

Bookings close on 13 June 2026. If you wish to book on after this date please email leadership@cpas.org.uk.