Educational Trends for 2024

In 2024, several key educational trends emerged in the UK: – Integration of Technology: There was an increased emphasis on leveraging technology in teaching and learning, with a focus on AI-powered tools to enhance educational experiences; more information can...

Rise in Home Schooling

There has been a notable increase in home schooling across the UK. Factors contributing to this trend included traditional schools’ challenges in supporting students with mental health issues and special educational needs. The COVID-19 pandemic further...

Scottish Examination Reforms

This month, the Scottish Government decided to retain formal exams for 15 and 16-year-olds, diverging from earlier proposals to abolish them. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth announced that while traditional exams would continue, certain practical subjects would see...

Teacher Pay Award 2024-25

The Education Secretary accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendations, confirming the teacher pay award for the 2024-25 academic year. This decision outlined the expected salaries for school teachers in England for the upcoming year. See further...

Personal Knowledge analysed

Barking Up the Wrong Tree A critique of targeting ‘personal knowledge’ in Religious Education Introduction A tweet recently: a speaker at an online webinar tweeted:  “A worldviews approach that unpacks positionality leads to powerful knowledge for students of RE”...

Hinduism and Worldviews

Religion is not a worldview: it has concrete philosophies and should not be left open to the interpretation of teachers and schools. It is well and good to debate/challenge/discuss these philosophies, but the philosophies themselves should not be left open to...

RE Curriculum

Check the new RE Curriculum page for great examples of worked RE curricula which are exciting, innovative and demonstrate the best in successful, academically rigorous RE, and the development of a Theology, Philosophy, Religion and Ethics curriculum based on very...