“Today is significant for all who care about the matter of beliefs and values in the nation’s life. Religious Education, the designated curriculum area with this focus in primary and secondary schools, is being strongly affirmed in three complementary ways: new government guidance on RE, research on teaching related teaching resources, and a statement by the schools minister.
There is much here that warrants welcome across the entire RE community:
from across the Christian churches
from the range of other faith communities, and the traditions behind them, that enrich this country
from those who affirm a common humanity, but not religious beliefs
from those who teach and learn in schools, advisers and inspectors, teacher educators and trainers, and their specialist associations.
The challenge is highlighted of how to guarantee that the classroom experience of RE is of high quality for each child and young person in every school and academy.”
Brian Gates Chair, Religious Education Council of England and Wales
Diana Johnson has set out her public appreciation of the important of religious Education as a fundamental component in the primary and secondary curriculum and her encouragement that the partnership between the DCSF and the RE Council should continue to pursue its strategic efforts to strengthen the quality of RE Letter from Diana Johnson MP
