Agenda item

The Specialist Inspector for Religious Education presented the SACRE Updates (for copy see file of minutes).

The Government has announced that school success at Key Stage 4 will be measured by how well students do in their best eight subjects from the following 3 groups:-

• Group 1 – English and Maths
• Group 2 – 3 English Baccalaureate subjects – History, Geography, Foreign Language, English Literature etc
• Group 3 – 3 subjects which could be English Baccalaureate subjects or other subjects such as Religious Education.

The Specialist Inspector for Religious Education supported the Chair in responding to the Call for Evidence from the All Party Parliamentary Group on behalf of Durham SACRE. (for copy see file on minutes). A report on the findings would be published on the 25 March 2013.

The first phase of the religious education council curriculum review had been completed and the work required for phase 2 is out to tender.

The Religious Education Council would like SACREs to organise sponsored walks. They suggest each person raise £100, 50 percent of the money raised would support the REC and the remainder would be donated to a charity of choice. This is because the RE received no government funding for curriculum review.

John Keast has produced a summary on Michael Gove’s statement on how it relates to Religious Education. The Clerk to SACRE will email a copy of the summary to SACRE members.

Schools have been invited to enter SACREs Art Competition for Key Stage 2 pupils based on the question ‘What do Christian believe about Jesus’ (for copy see file of minutes)

The Clerk to SACRE will be emailing members to ask for volunteers to judge the Art Competition which closes on the 19 April 2013.