Diocese of Nottingham Education Services Website

The Catholic Education Service for England and Wales (CESEW) has put together some resources to help schools and parishes to prepare for Education Sunday, which this year is being observed on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 5th February 2012. These resources include:

• A letter for Education Sunday from Bishop Malcolm, in his capacity as Chairman of the CESEW;
• Suggested homily notes for Education Sunday; and
• Recent speeches and homilies by Pope Benedict XVI to young people or about education

These resources are available on the CESEW website.

Does your school currently embrace the opportunity of a retreat experience for your students?  Set in the village of Crich, Derbyshire, The Briars is the youth retreat centre for our Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham.  For schools, The Briars offers retreat programmes for year 6 through to year 13 students.  Our programmes enable students to come away from their usual environment so that they may discover community, come to a friendship with Christ and a deeper awareness of themselves.  We can design the programme to meet the needs of your students, providing a balance of leisure activities, prayer and group work, lead by the Briars youth team and Programme Leader.  Please visit our website for further information www.ndcys.com.  

Due to several regular schools and groups changing their planned retreats the following dates are available for new bookings for the year ahead:

Fri 6th – Sun 8th January 2012:  Weekend to share with Yr 11 grp
Fri 27th – Sun 29th January 2012: Full weekend
Fri 10th – Sun 12th February 2012: Full weekend
Fri 17th – Sun 19th February 2012: Full weekend
Fri 16th – Sun 18th March 2012:  Full weekend

If you are interested in any of the dates above please contact Bernie Walsh as soon as possible on 01773 852044 or by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for prices and booking information.

The CES new website went live last month and on there you will find all of the latest news and resources for the YCE.  Please do publicise the website to your schools and colleges and encourage them to make use of it. This is our first regular update about what’s happening during the YCE, which we hope you will find useful.

The CES Census launched officially on Monday 28th February.  All schools should now submit their completed Census returns. For further information, including the support timetable, and to download our recently revised Guidance documents, please visit the CES website.  If you do not know your FilesAnywhere login password, please contact your diocesan census representative.  If you require assistance with completing your return, please contact Robert Rushworth at CES during the two week time slot allocated to your diocese.  Contact details for Robert Rushworth are as follows: Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please support the CES by completing their Census for your school.  It is vital that the CES have up to date and complete information about Catholic Schools nationally.  It informs their very valuable work in negotiating on all our behalf’s with Ministers, Academies and the EBacc being two very important and recent examples.  Nottingham Diocesan Education Service is aiming for 100% returns from our schools this year.  Thank you for your support with this.

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