First Communion at CofE, how does it work?

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Hi. My daughter is 7. She was baptised at CofE and we now attend another CofE parish. She does not go to CofE school.
What is the procedure if she wanted to have a First Comminion? I know it is done through school for RC and mine was done through school in my country.
I know I should ask at my parish but this just ocurred to me right now.
TIA

You have to be confirmed in the church if England to take communion unlike rc where communion is take at age approx 7 and conformation later.

Confirmation is a choice the child makes themselves and generally is taken at minimum age 11 but a lot older in some places ( and of course at any age when you can fully understand! )

Ask your vicar.

I too was going to say ask your Vicar.
CofE Confirmations I've been to have all been for teens - once they are of an age to make concious decisions about such things for themselves.

I think 13 is generally the earliest you are confirmed in the cofe church
Most churches do confirmation classes in the build up before they decide if they want to be confirmed

It's not generally done through school

"You have to be confirmed in the church if England to take communion unlike rc where communion is take at age approx 7 and conformation later"

That it is not necessarily true. Some high anglican churches allow children to have first communion at the age of seven like the catholics. Preparation is done by the priest and its not done through school. Even if your child attended a C of E school preparation for early first communion would not be done at primary because it is contraversal.

Age of first communion varies from church to chuch. Some churches wait until the child is 13 and have confirmation at the same time. The C of E is a real hotchpotch of a church because the reformation in England was different to other protestant countries. (The C of E came into existance because Henry VIII wanted a divorce rather than relgious disagreement, hence some of the C of E is semi catholic in style of worship. The reformation did sweep through England, hence other churches are more like the baptists.)

I suggest you talk to your priest.

Different CofE churches have different views on this, I've been to ones where the parents and the decide when their child is ready and they they start taking communion and get confirmed in their mid to late teens and other churches where they need to be confirmed first.

As said above, the CofE allows it but it is up to individual churches, best to speak to your vicar

Thanks.
Yes age 13 sounds great. I want it to be her decision, not mine. Her RC friend is 8 and will have her 1st communion next month. I don't think DD is ready but I know she will be asking me some questions.

It varies by parish. Some have a policy of allowing a child to take communion before confirmation. We are about to start discussing this. If passed by the PCC (local church governing body) there will be a mini course for the children who want to receive communion and then they will be allowed to do so. It isn't a big deal with new frocks that you get in the RCC but like them we will probably have a minimum age of around 7. The intent is that children are admitted to communion which something shared by the family of the church. A good side effect is that they delay confirmation until they are older and able to make an adult decision about faith.