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Welcome to the St Giles’ Centre

The St  Giles’ Centre is rooted in the heart of Wrexham in North East Wales, serving the common good of our local community through its commitment to education, scholarship, and human formation.

Founded in January 2012 and generously core funded by the Wrexham (Parochial) Educational Foundation, the Centre exists to support learners, teachers, and schools across Wrexham County Borough. Our work is shaped by the Anglican tradition and informed by rigorous professional and academic practice.

Our specialisms include religion in education and church school education. We are committed to teaching and learning that is intellectually serious, ethically grounded, and attentive to the real lives of children, young people, and educators.

We work for Wrexham, engaging thoughtfully with the needs, questions, and complexities of our local context.

The St  Giles’ Centre is recognised nationally and internationally for the quality and integrity of its work. The wide interest in our work beyond Wrexham affirms its quality and relevance, and ensures that our local service is continually enriched by dialogue with the wider Church, the academy, and the educational community.

Our purpose

The St  Giles’ Centre exists to:

• offer subject specialist advisory support to teachers and schools in Wrexham.
• create and share high quality, free resources and guidance for Religion, Values and Ethics (RVE), Religious Studies qualifications, and statutory collective worship in Wrexham.
• design and deliver professional learning for teachers in Wrexham, supported by carefully developed resources.
• initiate and contribute to research and publications to inform the Centre’s work.
• embed research‑informed practice in our support for schools.
• ensure schools in Wrexham are well informed and well prepared by providing updates on significant developments affecting Religion, Values and Ethics (RVE), Religious Studies (RS) and collective worship locally, nationally and further afield.
• amplify the voices of teachers and learners in Wrexham at both local and national levels.
• provide a fully bilingual website supporting schools across Wrexham, including access to relevant online resources.

Working in partnership

We value our long standing and close relationship with Wrexham County Borough Council and Lincoln Bishop University. Together, this collaboration strengthens our work and deepens its reach, enabling us to best serve schools, teachers, and learners in Wrexham.