Articles about RE

As the days grow shorter and darker throughout the Autumn term, exploring the theme of light has particular resonance, and can aid in understanding complex ideas across a range of religions and worldviews. Here are...

RE is a subject centred upon asking big questions. Does God exist? Is there a meaning to life? What happens after we die? Why do we suffer? To study religions is to engage in deep thought and rigorous internal...

Neil Duncalf has been the RE Lead at a SEN School in Cheshire for the last 12 years. He is a member of the local SACRE and leads a local RE Hub.

Over the past two years, my colleagues and I have worked incredibly hard to overhaul our school’s wider curriculum with a focus on ensuring pupils know more and remember more. It has been a tough but rewarding...

This article is taken from a longer talk I did at the launch of WRERU: The World Religions and Education Research Unit at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln (@WRERU-Lincoln on YouTube). I want to start by saying...

How can 5- and 6-year-olds explore the symbolism of light for themselves?

‘You must see our lunchtime Bible club’,
said the head teacher.

Intrigued, as I had never seen a lunchtime Bible club in action in all my years as an RE Adviser, I headed off to a temporary cabin just...

We all seek the light, although that may mean different things to different people; we may hope for a closer relationship with God, a stronger sense of community or a path to a brighter future. ‘Illuminating RE’...

Stuart Allen argues in favour of the specificity of the Catholic RE curriculum, which contrasts sharply with the non-prescriptive model offered by the Curriculum for Wales.

Many RE teachers and leaders have thought hard about how to design and implement an effective RE curriculum, and there are lots of strong examples of what this might look like in practice across the country.

Jen Jenkins is RE & Spirituality Officer for Coventry Diocesan Board of Education, as well as RE Facilitator for Coventry & Warwickshire, working on behalf of the two local SACREs. As well as leading one of...

Katherine Wedell is a freelance writer and illustrator of Religion and Worldviews resources and a SEND advocate. She lives in Sheffield.

After teaching RE and PSHE in the UK for 20 years, Ruth Marx now lives in France and is an RE and PSHE consultant and author currently writing curriculum with United Learning and the Ann Taves Barnet Syllabus project....

Having worked in a mainstream for 20 years, I am fully aware that delivering ‘compulsory’ RE Key Stage 4 can be a challenge. It is true, however, that delivering compulsory RE to Key Stage 4 in a pupil referral...

Rachel Cole teaches in a school for secondary-aged students with moderate learning difficulties. She previously taught in mainstream primary schools and in a mainstream through school (4–16). She leads and teaches...

As educators we strive to do our best for ‘our’ children across the curriculum and throughout the school. Floor books are an effective way of doing this, by saving teacher time and providing interesting insights...

As a Head of Department in a large secondary school, transition is something that has always vexed  me. To give some context, my school is in a multi-academy trust (MAT), although this is still ar relatively new...