Freedom of Religion and Belief

We congratulate the Prime Minister’s Special Advisor for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Fiona Bruce MP, on receiving a unanimous vote in the House of Commons at the second reading of her private member’s bill to ensure her current post becomes a statutory Government...

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...