Really pleased to join #SomersetRE today for the ‘soft launch’ of the new RWs local RE syllabus Adam Robertson NATRE NASACRE

Briefing today Weds 22 Oct 1400, on historic meeting as King and Pope pray together in Sistine chapel. Host Leo Devine, with Catherine Pepinster, Christopher White former Vatican corr, Francis Campbell, former ambassador; & Dr James Hawkey zoom link: [email protected]

All set for a day of action in Westminster with Katie Freeman for NATRE and the Religious Education Council. Meeting MPs to talk about curriculum, teachers and teacher supply.

Shell Sullivan talking to #SomersetRE about the planning steps to create good RE: substantive, ways of knowing, positionality, enquiry questions, planning assessments NATRE Adam Robertson Learn Teach Lead RE

Busy day in Westminster with Deborah Weston OBE talking about the importance of high quality RE for all pupils in all schools.We’ve been sharing info about teacher recruitment & retention,the need for the return of bursaries & SKEs alongside our hopes for the future of the subject.

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🎙️ Brilliant to hear our CEO Kathryn Wright on BBC Radio 4 with Robert Beckford discussing the decline in RE at A level & university. She highlights the need for CPD for non-specialist teachers & questions cuts to RE bursaries. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… cstg.org.uk/campaigns/prom…

North East SACRE chairs, vice-chairs, LA officers & SACRE consultants/advisers are invited to 'In Conversation with NASACRE' ➡️represent your perspectives ➡️understand your local context, your concerns and successes 📅12 Nov 2025 & 16 Mar 2026 🔗re-hubs.uk/uploads/nasacr…

On BBC Radio 4 Sunday a DfE spokesperson said that RE trainee numbers are up — true, due to the bursary they’ve now scrapped! The rise proves incentives work. Removing them will undo the recovery.

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RE Hubs has teamed up with the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales to bring teachers classroom resources to help them deliver RS to GCSE pupils. Download these NCREW resources FREE of charge to use in the classroom. Get the guides 👉 bit.ly/3KZ6jUw

Why? Why is it that in the world’s 7th largest economy, which even now continues to grow, albeit at a modest pace, there is, at the same time, a forever decreasing amount of cash for public services or commitment to poorly served & therefore vulnerable individuals & communities?

Thank you to the Religion Media Centre for promoting this powerful blog by Maryham Bham discussing the abolition of the bursary for secondary beginner teachers of RE in England. Give it a read. Culham St Gabriel’s NATRE

We need well trained teachers who can deliver RE with the correct pedagogical approach.The loss of the bursary for RE is devastating for our subject community & pupils. Please read our infographic for NATRE & Religious Education Council’s key recommendations for a way forward…

As Department for Education have cut the £10K training bursary for RE, I appreciate this question from Lord Shaun Bailey in House of Lords “What work are the government doing to make sure teachers have the confidence and the training to deliver this curriculum properly?” NATRE

Baroness _judithblake responding for the government ⁦⁦House of Lords⁩ this week acknowledges that “the ⁦Ofsted⁩ review has highlighted some failings in this area”[confidence & training of teachers of RE-so why cut the training bursary? hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-10-…

The DfE's Curriculum and Assessment Review has been published- 'RE should be moved to the national curriculum' and consider 'changing the name of Religious Education' Religious Education Council NATRE assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908f7a3…

Great to be joining Somerset SACRE for the launch of the new RE syllabus, framed by 6 key concepts drawn from the Big Ideas for RE NATRE bigideasforre.org

Fascinating to be taking part in the launch of the new Somerset SACRE RE syllabus: great examples of locality units focusing on beliefs and worldviews of people and communities in Somerset, past and present NATRE Religious Education Council Adam Robertson Learn Teach Lead RE

What an absolute joy & privilege to have the glorious Mary Myatt as our key note speaker at today's SMART Trust INSET. We all left feeling inspired, uplifted & motivated (& some of us even more proud to be RE specialists!) 🤩 #inspired #Education Dan Buckley Ed Pawson