Department for Education & Training
Accelerated Christian Education began as an educational revolution from the increasingly secular state system, aiming to return to the God-centred values that once allowed our nation to provide an educational system that was the envy of the world. Beginning in the 1970s, Accelerated Christian Education allowed schools to spring up throughout America, and since the 1980s has been flourishing in the UK. With over fifty schools established through Christian Education Europe, hundreds of young people have graduated from this individualised, Christ-centred system of learning, which galvanises their faith and launches them into society as educated, confident citizens motivated to serve in whatever capacity the Lord directs.
Starting a School
If you have heard from God to start a school, Christian Education Europe is available to help you shape your vision into reality. We have formulated a track with demarcations, which will enable you to run towards your goal with confidence. We are not exempt from government requirements, but we are familiar with how to meet these requirements without compromise. Your starting place is to apply to us for a school pack by registering your interest with our Customer Services manager, (01793 783783). Over the following months, we would request that you visit one of our model schools, and that you attend a five-day professional training course (see Professional Training) where we would anticipate mapping out your path to opening your new school. The process to full registration, dependent on your circumstances and personnel, would probably take up to a year.
Currently, the new government has launched an initiative to start Free Schools. We are open to assist with your Free School proposal, but remind you that the track to excellence remains firmly dependent upon God. Whether you open an independent Christian School or Christian Free School, our goal is that the kingdom is extended and He is glorified.
Choosing our Schools
Individual
Your children are unique and need to be served and nurtured to their full potential as individuals. Our schools recognise God’s unique design for each child and seek to disciple them in the character of Christ. The Accelerated Christian Education programme provides the structure towards successful character training integrated with the stable building blocks of a rich education.
We have schools situated all over the country and would anticipate that one is within reach of your home. If you think that your nearest school is too far, we would love to assist you in starting a school that would reach your community as well as serve your own children. Please look on the Schools Directory and be in contact.
Christian Education begins with the conviction to trust God to seek Him for every step of your child’s education. Most schools have an admissions process that involves arriving at a place of agreement to provide two-way care and commitment to your child, an involvement that embraces the family for life. Upon acceptance, academic diagnosis of your child will place him in the curriculum where he can best achieve his maximum potential. Your child will be confident of his own progress through guided, measurable learning, which is rewarded according to its merit (se eFive Laws of Learning and Curriculum). Children make progress through the core curriculum in this way, richly complemented by a diverse range of activities and classes in supplementary subjects to complete their educational entitlement.
As your child matures, academically and spiritually, he will become aware of his God-given path for life. This will help him determine his long-range goal and his short-range path. This will involve choices within our system of certification (see ICCE).