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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
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:
Letter to the DfE
The REN’s plea for greater awareness of the poor state of RE provision in too many schools
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...