Academies
Our RE Advisers work closely with Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and academies to find the best solutions for your school, tailoring our services to meet your needs.
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We provide RE services to all types of Academies and Multi-Academy Trusts, enabling you to better equip your staff with whole school CPD training or by supporting you to deliver Big RE days to all pupils in a school or specific to Key Stages.
We can support your MAT through a combination of the following services for your RE leaders and teachers:
- Expert consultancy and training
- Agreed Syllabus consultancy review
- Substantive knowledge
- Ways of knowing / disciplinary knowledge
- Personal knowledge
- Primary + Secondary phase middle leader training
- 1-2-1 and/or small group consultancy
- Development of quality assurance using a variety of sector
specific frameworks - Support for new RE teachers and leaders, including ECTs,
middle and senior leaders - Subject knowledge enhancement for religious and nonreligious worldviews
- GCSE and A Level pedagogy and practice across all boards
and specifications
Read our case study below to get a flavour of how we have supported others:
Case Study:
Building better Primary RE across a Multi-Academy Trust
School/Organisation Name:
Astrea Academy Trust
What did they need?
Astrea Academy Trust wanted to strengthen and bring greater consistency to primary RE across its 18 primary schools in South Yorkshire. With schools working from three different Agreed Syllabuses, limited specialist RE expertise and varying local contexts, the Trust saw an opportunity to create a more coherent and ambitious approach. It needed a high-quality syllabus and fully resourced curriculum that would give non-specialist teachers confidence while building subject knowledge and leadership capacity across the Trust.
Working with RE Today
Astrea partnered with RE Today in January 2024, adopting a Trust-wide RE Today Systematic Agreed Syllabus alongside the fully resourced Primary RE Curriculum. Within six weeks, the Trust had secured its first shared Agreed Syllabus, introduced the curriculum and registered all primary teaching staff as NATRE members. RE Today consultants also provided targeted training, helping teachers and subject leaders develop their understanding of core concepts, progression and effective classroom practice.
How did we do?
After the first full year, RE had moved from disparate provision, largely led by non-specialists, to having a secure and valued place in the curriculum across Astrea’s primary schools.
Testimonial
“Our partnership with RE Today proved invaluable. Consultants delivered targeted training for Early Years teachers, helping them identify everyday experiences that could provide meaningful entry points into the RE curriculum. For RE subject leaders, deeper training on core concepts and progression strengthened their ability to scaffold learning effectively for older pupils.”
Russell Gray, Regional Director of Schools, Astrea Academy Trust
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Case Study:
Primary RE Hub conference
School/Organisation Name:
Plymouth Teaching School Alliance
What did they need?
The Primary RE Hub members wanted a conference that would help them with practical ideas and resources to use in the classroom as well as providing them with subject knowledge support.
Working with RE Today
RE Today Adviser worked with the hub leader and SLE Katie Freeman to put together a day of practical workshops to support teachers where they were at. This day was specifically tailored to the needs of the teachers rather than just being an 'off the peg training day'.
How did we do?
Katie Freeman, Hub Leader and SLE, Plymouth Teaching School Alliance (Diocese and Academy).
'The RE Today training was brilliantly organised and thought through. It met the needs of all of our teachers and it didn't matter whether they were experienced coordinators or new to the role: they all went away having learnt something new. Each delegate was given colour handouts and resources that they could take back to school and use straightaway. The RE Adviser was so full of energy and humour, people loved listening to her and were enthused by her passion for RE.
We've used RE Today for six annual conferences and each time the sessions get better and better. A huge thank you to RE Today Adviser Fiona Moss for her utterly inspirational training day.'
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