from NATRE
The Secretary of State for Education has today announced that there will be a public consultation on the future content of the national curriculum – including Religious Education – in September.
Proposed Programmes of Study and national standards for RE have been developed by the RE Task and Finish Group, which brought together education professionals alongside representatives of religious and non-religious organisations across England.
It followed the recommendation by the Curriculum and Assessment Review that RE be included in the National Curriculum through a phased approach to “improve access to high-quality provision and to prevent further diminishment.”
The Programmes of Study and national standards set out, for the first time, a nationally consistent framework for religious education. Together, these complementary elements provide a common benchmark of breadth, depth and ambition, built around substantive, disciplinary and personal knowledge, while recognising distinct legal frameworks governing categories of school.
Through this framework, every pupil studies religious and non-religious traditions with depth and academic rigour from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4.
This is an exciting, historic moment, with organisations from education as well as religious and non-religious communities formally supporting the proposed Programmes of Study to improve provision of the subject across the country.