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RE to be included in the National Curriculum!
What a historic moment!
The news, this week, that the Curriculum and Assessment Review is recommending that RE should work towards becoming a National Curriculum subject has been widely welcomed.
The report states that there is a ‘strong consensus about the subject’s importance and its essential place in a school’s curriculum’, and that ‘RE's importance is not currently reflected in its standing in the curriculum’.
It therefore recommends a ‘staged approach to reform’, to bring RE into the NC. This will entail the setting up of a diverse group of interested parties to establish a blueprint for the subject. Watch this space.....
Learn Teach Lead RE
LTLRE hub (twilight) meetings are free and open to all teachers of RE, primary and secondary, wherever you are based. See LTLRE website for full details.
Torbay/S Devon hub: Oak resources Thursday18 November
Devon Primary hub: Assessment Tuesday 18 November
Devon Secondary hub: AQA exam Thursday 20 November
Taking place from 9-16 November, it aims to raise awareness of the diverse contributions of faith and belief communities and promote understanding among people of different religious and non-religious beliefs.
Ideas: invite school speakers, visit Places of Worship, set up discussions, cultural events and activities etc.
Choose an RE topic to research and apply to take up to 30 days out of school, with someone else paid to take your classes! Closing date: 26 January 2026.
HMD 2026
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2026, 'Bridging Generations', is a call-to-action. A reminder that the responsibility of remembrance doesn't end with the survivors - it lives on through their children, their grandchildren and through all of us.
