State-maintained Christian ethos schools are a prominent part of the educational landscape of England and Wales, and a growing body of empirical research has sought to access, study and interpret the voices of their students in order to contribute to a fuller understanding of life within these schools and their place in contemporary Britain. As part of this endeavour, this study focuses on what may be learnt from students’ prayer in a joint Anglican and Catholic Christian ethos secondary school. Following the identification of the school prayer board and intercessory prayers within school Eucharists as offering a significant contribution to the Christian ethos school, this study set out to explore and evaluate these prayer requests composed by students. Taking a sample of 212 prayers, an established analytic framework for the analysis and classification of intercessory prayer (the apSAFIP) was employed and other notable characteristics identified (including prayer type, ‘proclamations’, drawings, liturgical language and style). The findings draw attention to the distinctive profile of the prayer requests offered within the school in terms of the issues for which prayers are offered, and the religious language, expressions, and themes that shape these prayers. The study concludes by appraising the performance of the apSAFIP in this new context and by considering what may be learnt from these themes and linguistic forms about the spiritual and religious lives of the students.

公立基督教学校是英格兰和威尔士教育格局的重要组成部分，越来越多的实证研究试图获取、研究和解释学生的声音，以便更全面地了解当地的生活。这些学校及其在当代英国的地位。作为这项努力的一部分，本研究侧重于可以从英国圣公会和天主教基督教精神中学的学生祈祷中学到的东西。在确定学校祈祷板和学校圣体圣事中的代祷为基督教精神学校做出了重大贡献后，本研究着手探索和评估学生提出的这些祈祷请求。以 212 次祈祷为样本，apSAFIP）被采用并确定了其他显着特征（包括祈祷类型、“宣言”、图画、礼仪语言和风格）。调查结果提请注意学校内提供的祈祷请求的独特特征，包括祈祷所针对的问题，以及形成这些祈祷的宗教语言、表达方式和主题。该研究最后评估了 apSAFIP 在这种新环境中的表现，并考虑了可以从这些主题和语言形式中学到的有关学生精神和宗教生活的知识。