Religious Education

Religious Education (R.E.) Intent 

Our Religious Education (RE) curriculum is designed to meet the local Agreed Syllabus for maintained schools in Essex, whilst supporting the needs of the majority of pupils who lack experience of a range of faiths and traditions and may be daunted by the prospect of giving personal opinions on their own views and responses to the differing views of others.

Our intent is to:

• Promote understanding of world religions and non-faith perspectives, including Christianity and Humanism, in order to broaden the pupil’s experiences and reflect the wider community.

• Teach pupils to reflect on and respond to significant aspects of human experience, including approaches to faith and religion

• Teach pupils to recognise that people see things in different ways and respect the right of others to hold views that are different from their own

• Support pupils to respect, engage with, analyse, interpret and evaluate the views of others

 Implementation

Department of Education Guidance stipulates that RE must be taught according to the locally agreed syllabus adopted by the LA by which the school is maintained.