Religious Education at St Thomas'

Distinctively we encourage our RE curriculum to deliver the aims and objectives of the 2019 CofE RE Entitlement:

• To know about and understand Christianity as a diverse global living faith through the exploration of core beliefs using an approach that critically engages with biblical text.
• To gain knowledge and understanding of a range of religions and worldviews appreciating diversity, continuity and change within the religions and worldviews being studied.
• To engage with challenging questions of meaning and purpose raised by human existence and experience.
• To recognise the concept of religion and its continuing influence on Britain’s cultural heritage and in the lives of individuals and societies in different times, cultures and places.
• To explore their own religious, spiritual and philosophical ways living, believing and thinking.
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A copy of the latest national RE Entitlement may be found here: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2019-02/re-statement-of-entitlement-for-church-schools.pdf

This includes:

- how the entitlement links to the national CofE education vision ( enable every child to flourish and to live life in all its fullness. (John 10:10))

- what the provision, profile and priority should be for RE in church schools

- how the curriculum should be challenging, accurate and diverse

- the balance and time provided that needs to be sufficient, appropriate

- how to develop the expertise and knowledge of staff

- the role of the diocesan board of education, and

- the support provided for effective and excellent RE