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RESOLVED:
 

1.   
That Cabinet formally adopts the
2023 revised Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education in
Surrey.  
Reasons for
Decisions:
 

There have been a number
of changes in curriculum delivery, content and in guidance from the
Department of Education since the existing syllabus was adopted in
2017, meaning it was no longer fit for purpose. The revision period
has enabled a comprehensive engagement including the adoption of
the recommendations from Ofsted in relation to curriculum design,
set out as follows:

 

·        
It should be sequenced
in such a way that the ‘curriculum is the progression
model’ 

·        
It should help pupils to
make connections across their learning, build strong
schemata. 

·        
It should set out what
it means to get better at RE in substantive, disciplinary and
personal knowledge, across ages and stages of
development. 

 

There has been a
complete review of the content by qualified teachers and the
Advisor to the Surrey SACRE, and the revised syllabus can now be
recommended to the Cabinet for teacher training and implementation
from September 2023 and first teaching from September 2024.The
action being proposed will have benefits for the residents of
Surrey in as much as teachers will be able to begin a new academic
year by teaching a more relevant RE curriculum that complies with
national guidance, prepares young people well for examination
courses in RE, and more accurately reflects the values and beliefs
of citizens in this country. 
 
(The decisions on
this item can be called in by the Children, Families, Lifelong
Learning & Culture Select Committee)