Up to 500 secondary schools in England are reporting no timetabled RE for 14-16 year olds. That’s the statistic that worried me most amid last week’s data review into the subject by the National Association of Teachers of RE (NATRE).
And for some who do teach RE, more needs to be done. An Ofsted research review recently identified “insufficient curriculum time to teach an ambitious curriculum” and a “lack of scholarly approach” as key barriers to high-quality provision.
Since becoming an imam three years ago, I’ve used social media as a way to explore and explain my faith with a younger audience. One thing I’ve learned is that there’s still a great deal of curiosity among them about the beliefs of others, particularly with regards to what religion looks like in lived experience.
