Religious education (SACRE)
Find out about the Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education (SACRE)
Schools must teach religious education, but it's not part of the national curriculum.
Religious education aims to help children and young people become:
- successful learners who enjoy learning
- confident people - able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives
- responsible citizens that make positive contributions to society
Pupils work towards two attainment targets:
- Learning about religion and belief
- Learning from religion and belief
Agreed syllabus 2023 to 2028
Religious Education -text box 2
Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education (SACRE)
Rutland SACRE meet four times a year - these meetings are open for anyone to attend.
View meeting dates, minutes and agendas
Rutland SACRE aims to:
- promote a positive understanding of religious education and valuable contribution it can make to young people’s education and personal development
- promote high quality religious education in Rutland schools - encourage schools to see the value of the subject
- recognise and celebrate high quality provision of religious education and share good practice
- help teachers raise standards in religious education - support and promote training for schools and sharing good practice
- promote effective teaching and learning in religious education
- help schools improve the quality of collective worship in schools so it makes an effective contribution to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social, cultural and physical development
- monitor and evaluate the training and support given to schools, standards, the effectiveness of the agreed syllabus and the effectiveness of Rutland SACRE
- contribute towards community cohesion
- advise us about our statutory duties in supporting SACRE