Religion in schools is too important to marginalise

Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali published this article in the Times at the end of January, in which he urges stronger support for religion-based RE in schools, and rejects the subject’s morphing into a ‘worldviews’ approach as something which does an injustice to...

A Level Entries Report

A report on A Religious Studies examination entries in 2023 NATRE have recently published the following worrying statistics, with all data in part one is taken from tables published by the Joint Council for Qualifications (www.jcq.org.uk). The overall trend in A level...

Farmington Scholarships 2024-25

Hurry! Farmington Scholarships for 2024-2025 applications close on 28th January 2024! Check this webpage: https://farmington.ac.uk/re-teachers/ Open to headteachers and UK secondary and primary school RE teachers, teachers of RE to children with Special Educational...

Ofsted reports on RE in schools, November 2023

Ofsted reports on over 2,000 school inspections over the previous year, reaching some difficult conclusions for Religious Education. A general comment in too many primary and secondary schools, the religious education (RE) that pupils receive is of a poor quality and...

Response to the national content standard for RE

The REN explains its reasons for rejecting the National Content Standard proposed by the Religious Education Council Executitve Summary The Religious Education Network1 (REN: See Appendix A) issues this public statement regarding the newly released ‘National...

Good news, announced on the 10th October 2023

The REN is delighted to share this good news, announced on the 10th October 2023 by the Government: For 2024 to 2025 we are offering bursaries of: £28,000 in chemistry, computing, mathematics and physics £25,000 in biology, design and technology, geography and...

Letter to the DfE

The REN’s plea for greater awareness of the poor state of RE provision in too many schools Download as PDF Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP,Secretary of State for Education20 Great Smith St,London,SW1P 3BT September 21st 2023 Dear Secretary of State, I am reaching out on...

Examination Results 2023

Some comments on the results in Religious Studies which may have slipped under the radar at the time in August On GCSE Results 2023 RS is still 7th on the list of most taken subjects at GCSE, which is encouraging, as is the fact that, broadly speaking, the numbers...