Religious Education Network

Guy is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England and has been a member of Birmingham City Council Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education since 1977.

Ron has been Headmaster of The Broadway Academy, Birmingham, since 2008. He is a Local Leader of Education and former chairman of Titan Trust. He is a member of Birmingham SACRE and of the Headteachers West Midlands Ofsted Reference group. He is the current Chair of the West Midlands Police Advisory Board. He has spoken at conferences on the subjects of leadership, inter- faith, community partnerships, school ethos, and ‘British Values.’

Julie is a highly-accomplished teacher and author, an international educator of gifted students, providing world-class extension activities for students, through her Academy Learning work.

Andrew Capone is the subject leader of RE and co-ordinator of PSHE at St Simon Stock Catholic School in Maidstone. He provides private tuition and has has written teachers materials for the OCR A Level Religious Studies. He has developed an RE Skills Approach to KS3 Religious Education for Catholic schools including a full curriculum being endorsed by the CES. He has marked Edexcel GCSE RS papers and OCR A Level papers. He is passionate about Religious Education and Religious Studies.

Savvas Costi is a Theology graduate with over 15 years experience teaching Secondary RE, including A-level. 6 of those years were spent as a Head of Department. He is now based in East Sussex.

Marius is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Theology and Religion, the University of Birmingham; he has contributed widely to religious education in books, articles and in training teachers, and to inter-faith work.

Seeta is an author and educator who continues her father Jay Lakhani’s work through the Hindu Academy, providing all sorts of resources for promoting education in Hinduism.

Cristo has a background in MFL and RE teaching and has been involved in education for around 20 years in one form or another. Having worked in schools abroad with the British Council he worked in Alternative Provision, Youth Work and the voluntary sector as well as being Managing Director of a Christian Education Charity and recently a Chaplain. He currently works as a subject leader in Religious Education and will also be working with the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics to develop schools conferences and events. Cristo has been awarded a Farmington Scholarship 2024/25 at Harris Manchester College University of Oxford. Cristo is also a trustee of the Association of Christian Teachers (ACT) and a member of the Christian Coalition for Education. He is taking the lead in developing a new Theology, Philosophy and Ethics syllabus for the REN.

Richard worked at all levels in state and independent schools, co-founded the ISRSA and has contributed to QCA, to examination boards and to DfE consultation, as well as running and addressing conferences, publishing articles and training teachers in-school.