Religious Education

Ashby Fields follows the SACRE locally agreed syllabus for Religious Education. Teaching and learning focusses upon Christianity alongside the other principal religions which are represented in British society. Children are encouraged to investigate different religions, engage with their knowledge and reflect upon their learning and own lives, so they develop their ability to understand religion, beliefs and practices.

In EYFS, children build the foundation for their learning in Religious Education by exploring similarities and differences between themselves and others, and amongst families, communities and traditions.

In Key Stage One, children learn to identify similarities between Christianity and other religions through exploring family, neighbourhood and special times.

In Key Stage Two, pupils begin to look at wider national and international examples of religion. They do this through exploring diversity and similarities and differences within and between Christianity and other principal religions, whilst also acknowledging humanism and other world views.

A child can be withdrawn from all or part of RE or collective worship.

A parent/carer may wish to exercise the right to withdraw their child from all or part of RE. In this case, please inform the school office and a member of the Senior Leadership Team will contact you to:

• make sure that their request is based on a clear understanding of what RE involves
• make practical arrangements for the supervision of the pupil.

If parents/carers still want the pupil to be withdrawn, they can freely exercise this right. Parents/carers are not obliged to give reasons and the school is responsible for supervising the pupil.