Links with Local Churches   

   
 

St Eanswythe's Primary school has close links with the Church of Saint Mary and Saint Eanswythe.  KS2 attend a Eucharist service at the Church fortnightly.  The whole school celebrates Harvest, Easter and Christmas at the Church.  Father David is a member of the governing body and has a keen interest in the school.  He visits regularly and takes school assemblies.

 

 

 

 

The Church of Saint Mary and Saint Eanswythe stands as in a garden, and is rich in beautiful memorials. In it lies the remains of King Ethelberts' granddaughter. Originally enshrined in a monastic chapel in the cliff top castle of her father, King Eadbald of Kent, they were moved shortly after her death, at the young age of 26 in 640, to the church, to avoid the ravages of Viking raiders and erosion by the sea. They survived the destruction of the town by Earl Godwin in 1050, the destruction of the church by fire in 1217, and the dissolution of the priory in 1535 and remained forgotten but secure until 1885 when discovered in their twelfth century reliquary during restoration of the church by the priest Matthew Woodward, when a fitting shrine was set into the sanctuary wall. They lie today behind the small oak door under the mosaic of St. Peter. Eanswythe's Saint's Day is on 12th September.

 

 

 

St Eanswythe's Primary school also has links with Harbour Community Church.  Members from the Church regularly lead assemblies and  run an after school club each week. 

Click here to visit their website.