Our Schools

There are two schools in Bitterne, Bitterne Infants School and Bitterne Junior School. They were originally built on a site adjacent to the church but are now in Peartree Avenue. We have long established links with both schools and the Church is represented on their Governing Bodies. Members of the Church team regularly take assemblies, help with events, meet with the staff and offer support to the parents.

Children are welcomed into the church for their special services at Easter, Christmas, Harvest and for the Yr 6 Leavers' Service when some of them move on to their next school.

The schools also share in the support of our friends in Namalemba and Bumoozi parishes in Uganda. These links are valued by both the church and the schools.
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Church Schools - 200 years of education for all.

Bitterne Church and the two Bitterne primary schools will be marking 200 years of Church Schools with an important exhibition and a service of celebration on Sunday July 3rd at 10.30am.

It's a fascinating story that started in 1811 when the Church of England's 'National Society' set out to provide a school in every parish with the education of the poor in mind, both children and adults.  And Religion was placed alongside the other three 'R's - Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic. 

To chart the progress of Church Schools down the years there will be an exhibition - 'Church Schools - 200 years of education for all' - in Bitterne Parish Church from Sunday July 3rd to Friday July 8th.It starts on Sunday 3rd July with a service in Bitterne Church to celebrate this important bicentenary.

The two church schools Bitterne C of E Infant  and Junior Schools make this a real local celebration, since they were founded in 1856 and are very much part of the local history of Bitterne. 

Local people who attended the schools over the years have contributed photos and artefacts of their own to bring this important national story much more close to home.

The exhibition  is FREE, it's in Bitterne Parish Church from 3-9 July,  and t he exhibition will be open on Monday 4, Tuesday 5, Thursday 7, Friday 8 and Saturday 9 from 10am-12 noon; and Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fri from 3-4pm.  

And the special service is on Sunday 3rd July, from 10.30-11.30am in  Bitterne Parish Church which is right on Bitterne Precinct with lots of parking close by.

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So that's 'Church Schools - 200 years of  education for all', featuring Bitterne Infants and Junior Schools .  (Tea and coffee  will be available as well! )

Bitterne Local History Society (http://www.bitterne.net) have provided several photgraphs and artefacts for the exhibition, which should be very interesting.

For more information email us at welcome@bitterneparish.org
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