Primary: Church Schools - Training for New RE Subject Leaders
Delivery
This training is held in person, located our central venue at Church House, Guildford, facilitated by our Diocesan Education Officers.
This training will help you to:
- understand the role as RE subject leader in a Church school.
- understand which RE syllabus or guidelines you should be using and how they fit with the Church of England Statement of Entitlement for RE in Church schools
- appreciate the ‘bigger picture’ of RE;
- understand what makes RE a ‘special’ subject in a Church school
Note - We strongly recommend that teachers new to the role of RE subject leader in a church school also attend the training
Intended Audience
Teachers new to the role of RE subject leader in a Church of England primary school. It is also relevant for teachers who have held the RE subject leader role previously in a community school
|
Without SLA Price
Universal
Free
|
GDBE elevate CORE
Free
|
Venue
Tutors
BC (before children!) Rachel taught in the primary phase, as RE subject leader in community school settings for much of that time, with additional responsibilities for Collective Worship and SMSC. She has been involved as a writer in the past 4 reviews of the Surrey RE Agreed Syllabus, leading the Primary teams for the revisions in 2007 and 2012; and most recently, co-ordinating the complete review of the new Surrey Agreed Syllabus 2023-2028. She has also reviewed the Diocesan Guidelines for VA Schools and the Diocesan Collective Worship Guidelines (both twice!). In addition to her Diocesan role alongside Jane Whittington, Rachel is currently the RE adviser to Surrey SACRE, and leads RE subject leader training sessions for both the Diocese and Surrey RE networks.
When not reviewing syllabi, Rachel also writes assembly materials and is a regular contributor to the BBC Schools’ Radio Collective Worship programme ‘Something to Think About’.
Areas of specialism:
Statutory RE provision; RE in primary classrooms; supporting RE subject leaders; practical ideas for collective worship
Role within the Diocese:
Associate Consultant for RE (Primary)
Adviser to Surrey SACRE