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Cross-party calls for RE National Plan after Westminster debate

03/11/2022

Shadow Education Minister Stephen Morgan says a Labour government will deliver a ‘well-rounded’ education and challenged the Government for its failure to introduce a National Plan for RE.

Farmington Scholarships 2023/24 are now open!

27/10/2022

These are Scholarships available to teachers of religious education and associated subjects in UK secondary, primary, and special needs schools...

Record number of young people enter ‘big picture’ competition

30,000 young people from across the globe have taken part in a major competition to express their views on some of the biggest questions in life through art. A record-beating total of 3,196 entries from 523 schools were submitted for judging, an 18 percent increase on last year.

Bursaries desperately needed for RE

11/10/2022

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A National Plan for Religious education is urgently needed!

26/09/2022

A National Plan for Religious education is urgently needed as one in five schools report including no lessons of the subject on their timetables.

The Regional RE Hubs team is ready to go!

09/09/2022

Céline Benoit, Chair of the Regional Hub Steering Group, is delighted to announce the full team of Regional Leads that will be representing and supporting their region in the new RE Hubs project.

Take action on RE say leading politicians as more students take the subject at GCSE

25/08/2022

Five year funding gap is letting down a ‘record number of students’ as new data suggests many disadvantaged GCSE students go on to take it at A level. The number of students in England and Wales taking a GCSE course in Religious Studies GCSE has risen to 253,225, an increase of 0.6% from last year.

A level Religious Studies results prompt call for government support

18/08/2022

Two decades of growth in A level RS at risk over a five year funding crisis says the Religious Education Council as Father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley warns the Government must not ‘let down’ young people.