Purpose

SACRE is the statutory body responsible for
advising the local authority on Religious Education (RE) and
collective worship. The 1996 Education Act, Section 390, states
that the representative groups required are:
- Christian denominations and other religions (and their
denominations)
- Church of England
- Teacher Associations
- Local Authority (Elected Members)
In order for a SACRE meeting to be quorate, there must be at least
one member from each of the above groups, and without this, no
formal decisions can be taken.
The main function of SACRE is to agree and review the syllabus for
teaching religious education in Doncaster schools. It must also
produce an annual report of its work and consider any requests from
a Headteacher to be released from the requirement for collective
worship to be broadly of a Christian character. Members of SACRE
have responsibility for supporting and encouraging high standards
in
RE and collective worship across schools in the city.
There have been a number of occasions over the past few years where
SACRE meetings have been inquorate due to inadequate representation
from the four groups. Following a recent recruitment
exercise, a number of individuals have now been identified to fill
these vacancies.
The Education Act 1996 Section 392 (2) states that ‘before
appointing a person to represent any religion, denomination or
associations as a members of the council, the authority shall take
all responsible steps to assure themselves that he is
representative of the religion, denomination or associations put in
question.’ These assurances have been given for each of the
individuals named below:
- Vanessa Gregory – Church of England representative
- Amy Roddam – Methodist representative
- Sally Faulkner – Christian denominations and other
religious denominations representative
If the appointments are approved prior to its next meeting on 10
November, 2022 it would mean that the Committee would be able to
achieve a quorum and therefore ratify any decisions made and
move
forward with the implementation and monitoring of the revised RE
syllabus. This decision also seeks to reaffirm the current
membership of SACRE

Content

1) To appoint the following representatives
onto Doncaster Council’s Standing Advisory Council on
Religious Education (SACRE):
- Vanessa Gregory – Church of England representative
- Amy Roddam – Methodist representative
- Sally Faulkner – Christian denominations and other
religions representative
2) Reaffirm the current Membership of SACRE as detailed at Appendix
1.