Calling All 2025 School Leavers – Your Next Adventure Starts Here! As A-levels wrap up, or university adventures end, the future beckons with a world of possibilities. Are you ready to make a differen...  Read More

en * COEUR * ageI have for several years been captivated by the word Encourage, the word when brought literally from the French means to “put heart into”. As the temperatures warm for Summer, the Step...  Read More

"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a s...  Read More

Last week we had an amazing couple of days with the year 10s from Nicholas Breakspear School. The students came to Verso Church for a day reflecting on relationships. Chris kicked the day off and led ...  Read More

Third spaces, don’t worry, this isn’t a latest news about the multi verse or some sort of space fiction like Star Wars. Third spaces are what we call the places we meet with young people, outside of s...  Read More

Over the last few weeks, I have had the joy of meeting with *Sarah, a student who is new to faith. After praying in her room one evening that God would help her, she felt a weight lifted off her and b...  Read More

Step Gap Year Programme 2025: A Year of Growth, Purpose, and MissionWe’re passionate about equipping young people for lives of purpose and impact. That’s why we’re thrilled to launch the Step Gap Year...  Read More

Year 12 were at Verso last week for their Step retreat day, and what a treat it was to have them with us. From those who arrived super early and were able to help me with setting up 90 chairs, to thos...  Read More

We have recently received funding from a couple of grants to invest time and resources into updating existing lessons and creating a new one to create a more intentional package which will be called o...  Read More

Today is sadly my last day at Step.My first contact with Step came when Edward (my husband) was being interviewed for a position at Verso Vineyard Church back in 2021. Chris Birch-Evans (Step’s Direct...  Read More

We have the joy at Step of working across lots of different areas of the school. From RE departments, to mental health hubs and even in this case, Geography! Each year at Sir John Lawes we have the pr...  Read More

Chris recently had the privilege of writing a blog about his experiences teaching The Difference course, which is a course created by the Reconciling Leaders Network (RLN). Below is an extract. The Di...  Read More