Recognising outstanding learning in religious education

‘In RE, Ilike that we are free to give any opinion that we want to give, that we are not pressured into feeling a certain way which is good when discussing such personal topics.

In RE, we discuss, come back to things and then we always think of something else we hadn’t thought of before.

Can people really forgive and forget?

The process has challenged us further; we have already put in place a number of new ideas, such as the pupils planning and even teaching lessons. We have also renewed some ideas which had been allowed to slip for a year or two, such as developing closer community links and there are some exciting things happening as a result. You have made us take a fresh look at ourselves, through a different lens. Although we have gained a gold award, the criteria still provide lots of creative pointers to move ourselves forward even further.

I just wanted to write to say what a positive experience our Quality Mark assessment was. It was really good to spend some time explaining all the great things that we have been doing. My colleague and I have only been heading up RE for the last three years and reviewing the progress we’ve made in that time has been such a rewarding experience. It has also allowed us to refocus on our priorities for the next few years and think of how we can move our department forward.

We had a Skype call to a school in Thailand and they told us all about Buddhism and showed us their Buddha statue.