2025 Primary School Leavers' Services
Over three weeks in June/July 2025 we have held 14 Leavers' services in seven locations across the Diocese. We have welcomed 3700 children from 133 of our church schools and each child received a gift of Luke's gospel to commemorate 950 years since the formation of the Diocese of Chichester and a bookmark celebrating 1700 years of the Nicene creed.
Our schools and their families have donated over £5000 to our charity for 2025, Family Support Work.
Dates for Leavers 2026 will be available shortly and resources from this year will remain on our website for a while.
FISH 950
Chichester Cathedral and the Diocesan Board of Education announce Fish950
Fish950 invites all year 6 students from across the diocese to join in the celebrations by individually creating a fish-shaped artwork. The designs from across East and West Sussex will be joined together, forming a sea of artwork, exhibiting in the Cathedral Nave this summer.
The Fish950 art installation will be on display from Monday 23rd June when the Cathedral hosts the first of four leavers’ services and will remain on display until Sunday 31st August 2025. All children will be invited bring their family, caregivers, and friends into the Cathedral over the summer holidays to find their artwork and join us in the Chichester950 celebrations.
For further information visit the cathedral website
