National Day of Prayer for Schools

Praying for our schools, children, young people, teachers and school staff has never been more important than it is today.

95% of young people aren’t regularly engaged in their local church, yet 99% of them are in mainstream education. What an opportunity schools give us to reach each of them with the good news of Jesus and as we head into the new academic year we want to see our schools impacted by the gospel.

This won’t happen without prayer, so we’re calling Christians, churches, teachers, organisations and young people to come together and pray for the schools of our towns, cities and villages. The 2026 National Day of Prayer for Schools took place in September and plans are already underway for 2027, but that doesn’t stop us praying for our schools.

How to pray

We want as many people as possible to be part of praying for schools and there’s lots of ways you, your church, your community and your school can be part of it.

Here’s how:

1. GATHER

Why not arrange a prayer gathering where people in your community can come together and pray for your local primary schools, secondary schools and sixth forms? Or can you get your youth group for a special time of prayer for their schools?

2. PRAY THROUGH THE SCHOOL DAY

Based around the school day you we have a timetable that will help you pray through the school. Each hour there is an area of school life for you to pray into. Why don’t you and your church set time aside to come together and spend a day praying for your local schools and opportunities to share the gospel in them.

Download the prayer timetable and pray through the school day

3. PRAYER WALKS

Why not organise a prayer walk in your community near the local schools so that you can pray for them, or if you are at school or work in a school why not arrange to meet with other Christians to prayer walk your school?

There’s an excellent resource from 24-7 Prayer to help you prayer walk. You can download it here.

Resources

Prayer Timetable

Based around the school day you can use our timetable to help you pray through the school day. Each hour there is an area of school life for you to pray into.

Download