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Final Residential Meeting of the Commission

The final residential meeting of the Commission on Religious Education took place at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine, Limehouse in the East End of London on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 June 2018. There was a very good turn out indeed for this event and the debate was stimulating. The National Entitlement, shown in the Interim Report Religious Education for All (September 2017) was examined ...

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Commission on RE featured in the TES

It is positive that the work of the Commission on Religious Education has attracted the attention of the TES (“The Battle for the Soul of RE” – 17th March), although sadly the article does not accurately reflect the reality of commissioners’ work.  Religious Education is a subject that encompasses a diverse range of disciplinary approaches.  In our draft National Entitlement for RE, published last ...

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Commission on RE event at the Ismaili Centre

The Commission on Religious Education met on Monday 15 January at the Ismaili Centre in South Kensington. The commissioners considered the responses to the electronic consultation following the publication of its Interim Report in September 2017. They also discussed the meeting at Grey Coat Hospital School in December, where representatives from schools, other members of the profession, religious ...

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Report on consultation event at Grey Coat Hospital School

A Commission for Religious Education consultation event took place at state secondary school Grey Coat Hospital school in Westminster on 6th December 2017. Over sixty people attended as part of the consultation process following the publication of the Interim Report Religious Education for All. Four key issues were addressed and the Commissioners listened to the views of participants on how the ...

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Interim Report: Religious Education for All

The Commission on Religious Education was established to review the legal, education, and policy frameworks for religious education (RE) in schools in England.  This review is designed to inform policymakers, with the ultimate aim of improving the quality and rigour of religious education and its capacity to prepare pupils for life in modern Britain. Following three residential meetings, which ...

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Report of Exeter Meeting

Fourth Evidence Gathering Session 20/6/17 Exeter University, St. Luke's Campus  On a very hot day in Exeter, Commissioners Anthony Towey and Denise Cush heard eleven presentations from Jo Backus, Ed Pawson and Tatiana Wilson, John Keast, Duraid Rifai, Geoff Teece, Dave Francis, Linda Rudge, Katie Freeman, David Lundie, Emma Brennan and four students coming to the end of their PGCE in Secondary ...

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Report on fifth evidence gathering session – York

Two Commissioners, Alan Brine and Joyce Miller, were in attendance at the final regional evidence-gathering session which was held at York St John University on Tuesday, 4 July 2017. We are grateful to Emma McVittie for her help in arranging this event.  There were seven individual presenters and two groups of Young Ambassadors (YAs). As always, it was a great pleasure to see the enthusiasm of ...

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Report on Manchester evidence gathering session

Report on Manchester evidence gathering session The third regional evidence gathering session took place in Manchester on Tuesday 13 June 2017. The Commissioners attending were: Alan Brine, Emma Knights, Joyce Miller and Anthony Towey. Four members of the Secretariat were in attendance: Trevor Cooling, Amira Chilvers, Rudolf Eliott Lockhart (Chair) and Jon Reynolds. The meeting took place at ...

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Report on Birmingham evidence gathering session

The second regional evidence gathering session took place in Birmingham on Thursday, 4 May. The Commissioners attending were: Denise Cush, Emma Knights, Joyce Miller and Anthony Towey. Three members of the Secretariat were in attendance: Amira Chilvers, Rudolf Eliott Lockhart (Chair) and Jon Reynolds. The day began at King Edward VI High School for Girls in Edgbaston where we were warmly ...

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Report on first evidence gathering session

The collecting of evidence and views on religious education in England got off to a good start at Grey Coat Hospital School in London on Thursday 23rd February. Commissioners Malcolm Evans, Anthony Towey, Denise Cush, Emma Knights (first half) and Juliet Lyal (second half) heard presentations from the following organisations: the Catholic Education Service, the British Humanist Association, the ...

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