Notice of Meeting

Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

Councillor Dr Barnard (Chair),

Madeline Diver (Vice-Chairman),

Councillors Bhandari, Finch, Mrs L Gibson and Mrs Mattick

Ron Bailey, Group A: Free Church representative

Vicki Gibson, Group A: Free Churches

Abi Maclean, Group A: Free Church representative

Robyn Lynch, Group A: Catholic Church

Jo Perrett, Group A: Catholic representative

Dilip Ladwa, Group A: Hindu representative

Rajdip Marok-Dhanju, Group A: Sikh representative

Ossie Anderson-Peled, Group A: Jewish representative

Ebrahim Walele, Group A: Islamic representative

One Vacancy, Group A: Buddhist representative

Rev Malcolm Chalmers, Group B: Church of England representative

Father David Clues, Group B: Church of England

Rev Carol Dunk, Group B: Church of England representative

Jill Hanson, Group B: Church of England

Clare Hawkins, Group C: Teacher representative

Ruth Jackson, Group C: Teachers representative

Elaine White, Group C: Teacher representative

Tracey Bradshaw, Local Authority Advisor

Anne Andrews, Oxford Diocese Advisor

Monday 4 July 2022, 5.00 pm

Zoom Meeting

 

Agenda

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1.          

Welcome and Apologies for Absence

 

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2.          

Minutes of the Previous Meeting

5 - 10

 

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on

 

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3.          

Matters Arising

 

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4.          

Informal views from Faith Communities and Schools

 

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5.          

Feedback from RE Network

 

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6.          

Update on the Hub and Films

 

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7.          

Feedback from the NASACRE Conference and AGM

 

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8.          

NASACRE SEF (Section 1 on the management of SACRE and partnerships)

11 - 40

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9.          

Forward Plan

 

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10.       

Draft Handbook from the REC

41 - 92

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11.       

RE In the news.

 

 

1.      The Tablet: Religious Studies Student Numbers Soar

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/15447/religious-studies-student-numbers-soar-

2.      Christian Today: Record number of students taking religious studies

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/record.number.of.students.taking.religious.studies/138630.htm

3.      Premier Radio with Fiona Moss Interview: Landmark study reveals School and Government Performance on RE failing students

https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/landmark-study-reveals-school-and-gov-t-performance-on-religious-education-failing-students

4.      Conservative Home: It's time the Conservatives filled the God-shaped hole in British schooling

https://www.conservativehome.com/thecolumnists/2022/05/georgia-l-gilholy-its-time-the-tories-filled-the-god-shaped-hole-in-british-schooling.html

5.      Confederation of School Trusts Blog: 'Why every academy needs to teach religion and worldviews'

https://cstuk.org.uk/news-publications/cst-blogs/why-every-academy-needs-to-teach-religion-and-worldviews/

6.      National Secular Society: Prioritise RE reform not enforcement NSS tells government

https://wwwit.secularism.org.uk/news/2022/05/prioritise-re-reform-not-enforcement-nss-tells-government

7.      Janet Daby MP for politics.co.uk in correspondence with The Headteacher on a piece with a primary school head. https://www.theheadteacher.com/

 

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12.       

Any Other Business

 

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13.       

Dates of Future Meetings

 

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Published: 24 June 2022