RE really makes me think about the problems in the world today and I learn about things I never knew.
Linda Rudge is a freelance education expert specializing in RE. Before becoming project manager for the REQM, she led the partnership development of the Learn, Teach, Lead RE programme www.ltlre.org across several local authorities.
Linda is a qualified teacher, formerly a Section 48 (SIAMS) inspector, and she spent twenty years in higher education engaged in research and in initial and continuing teacher education. Linda is convinced that confident and valued teachers are the key to successful RE in any school, and that the REQM has a very important contribution to make to the subject’s success.
Linda has been a member of several Standing Advisory Councils for RE, and is now the Chair of the National Association of SACREs (elected in 2020).
Joshua O’Loughlin is the Communications and Executive Assistant working for the Religious Education Council. He also oversees the administration of the RE Quality Mark. He is a graduate of the Institute of Education and has a strong passion for Religious Education.
He benefited from having a dedicated RE teacher in his own school who piqued his interest in religion, ethics and philosophy. Experiencing the way that RE can stretch the mind spurred him on to continue studying and helped lead him to a career with the REC.
Please don’t hesitate to drop him an email or pick up the phone if you have any questions about REQM!
RE really makes me think about the problems in the world today and I learn about things I never knew.
I love this subject!
RE is a fun subject which is very educational and is very different to any other subject as it allows us to see what is going on in others people’s lives and why they do this, allowing for us to understand other people when we get older.
I like the way RE helps us show respect for others.
If someone is not your religion it is nice for them to have a taste of your religion and celebrate what you do.
The assessor was very professional and used his time very efficiently. He made me feel very at ease and reinforced it was more a ‘celebration’ of work rather than an inspection!
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