The Bishop Of Portsmouth Visits Bay CE School

Friday, 15 September 2023 10:22

By Dominic Kureen @WriteOnDom

Rt Rev Dr Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Portsmouth, visited The Bay CE School on Wednesday September 6.

The Bay CE School, based in Sandown, is the only church all-through school on the Isle of Wight.

The Bishop met with pupils and staff, who welcomed him into the school community. Starting at the primary site, he had a tour around the school.

He was then led by four Year 6 pupils as they walked him over to the secondary site.

At the secondary site he was joined by some Year 7 pupils, along with the Year 6 pupils for a pupil conference.

He talked passionately about how he sees one of the roles of being a Bishop to speak up boldly if he sees something unfair in society.

After listening with great interest to the pupils and finding out how they had settled into the new term he had a tour of the secondary site.

Lexi from Year 6 said:

“I was really proud to be asked to meet with Bishop Jonathan. He was interested in what we thought about our school and it was a great opportunity to get to ask him questions.”

Duncan Mills, Executive Headteacher added:

“We were delighted to welcome Rt Rev Dr Jonathan Frost, the Bishop of Portsmouth to our school community.

"As the only Church of England, all-through school on the Isle of Wight, he was keen to find out about the running of the school across two sites.

"He enjoyed the pupil conference and welcomed the questions put to him.”