Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education Vacancy, Wiltshire Council

New members are very welcome on Wiltshire’s Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE). Serving on a SACRE can be very rewarding and supports your local community in an important way. Wiltshire SACRE, with its diverse membership from faith groups and schools, allows members to be strategic and creative in making a valuable contribution to the quality of religious education that pupils experience in Wiltshire schools.

What is the purpose of SACRE?

A SACRE is unique. The law says that religious education must be taught in all schools and SACRE’s role is to advise the local authority on what needs to be done to improve religious education in its area. This is because RE is not part of the National Curriculum; it is a local responsibility. SACRE has the opportunity to influence directly what pupils learn in RE by advising the local authority on:

• the locally agreed syllabus which is produced by SACRE. The agreed syllabus sets out what should be taught to pupils in all key stages and that standards expected of them. It has to be reviewed every five years

• the choice of teaching materials and aspects of teacher training in RE

• monitoring schools' provision for RE and collective worship

• general matters connected with religious worship in LA Maintained schools.

For more information and to apply for the post, please visit HERE.