Ian Nicholson, National RE Adviser

Ian is a secondary specialist who has had experience supporting the development of in the Primary phase and in Special schools. Prior to joining RE Today he was a Head of RE in two high schools, an Assistant Headteacher in an 11 - 18 school and Chair of Trafford SACRE for eight years. Ian was also the Cross - Phase RE Adviser and SACRE officer for a large local authority in the North West, which included providing support to unitary authorities on the development of Agreed Syllabuses and the statutory work of SACRE. Within his SACRE work Ian has led the development of three Locally Agreed Syllabuses and accompanying classroom based resources. He has also provided school support in relation to RSHE and PSHE as an SLE and as lead teacher for Philosophy for Children.

Ian has delivered courses and school based training at a local and regional level to support areas including the leadership of RE, assessment and GCSE and A Level RE.