Religious Education
As a community school, we aim to provide a broad and balanced Religious Education (R.E.) curriculum, which benefits all children, irrespective of their backgrounds. Our intention is not to instruct or nurture children in a particular faith but rather to educate them about religion, preparing them for life in a multi-cultural, multi-religious society.
RE is taught as a separate subject throughout the school and when possible links are made to other curriculum areas. We may also discuss and learn about particular religious events or festivals throughout the calendar year.
Our R.E. curriculum is delivered using a scheme called "Discovery R.E.". This scheme takes a "big question" approach to teaching, and covers all major world religions. The table below shows how this works. From time to time we may select different questions to explore - there are many units of work to choose from so this is just a representative selection.