Implementation

Our RE Curriculum is based on the Lincolnshire Agreed Syllabus, which follows a carefully planned progression of skills and knowledge from EYFS to Year 6. Pupils are encouraged to make connections between prior and new learning and ask and answer questions about beliefs and practices and the impact that these have on the world.

For September 2026, we will be following the updated Lincolnshire Agreed Syllabus which reflects a worldviews approach and explores the ways in which people make sense of the world and the impact this has on their daily life. The syllabus fulfils the requirement of the Education Reform Act 1988. It is written to ‘reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are in the main Christian whilst taking into account the teachings and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain. 

The key strands mapped out in the syllabus are:

As a church school, Religious Education is taught in line with the Church of England’s Statement of Entitlement.

Impact

The impact of Religious Education will be evident through:

• Pupils’ growing knowledge and understanding of Christianity as well as other principal religions and world views
• Children’s conceptual understanding as well as recall of content.
• Children’s understanding of diversity in terms of the changing religious landscape of the UK so that they are prepared for life in modern Britain.
• Pupils’ ability to reflect on and discuss their own experiences within the parameters of a safe space for discussion.
• Pupil’s appreciation of religious belief as a real, lived phenomenon which impacts on people’s life choices.
• Help prepare pupils for adult life, enabling them to develop sensitivity to others.

What is a Reserved Teacher?
1. Section 58 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 requires the appointment in
Voluntary controlled (VC) schools of teachers who are able to provide religious education in accordance with the requirements of the Trust Deed of the school or in accordance with the tenets of the relevant religion or denomination.
2. Where the number of teachers at a foundation or voluntary-controlled school with a religious character is more than two, the teachers must include persons who are selected for their fitness and competence to teach religious education in accordance with the school’s trust deed or with the tenets of the school’s religion and are specifically appointed to do so.

3. These teachers are called Reserved Teachers.