The broad aims of religious education (RE) are set out within the locally agreed syllabus and the Church of England Education Office Statement of Entitlement (2016). The purpose of religious education in all academies is to promote religious literacy. By this we mean that pupils are able to hold balanced and well informed conversations about religion and belief.
The aims of religious education are to enable pupils to:
The children participate in weekly RE lessons covering Christianity and a number of other world faiths. The schools use the Norfolk Agreed Syllabus for RE (2019) as a basis for the teaching of RE, please see below for our long term plan and RE policy.
Our RE lead is Mrs Waterson.
As a parent/carer you have the right to withdraw your child/children from RE lessons, please contact the school if you wish to do so.