Birmingham Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

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Image of community/faith leader/governorThis website provides the information schools need to deliver Religious Education to the children of the City of Birmingham.

Religious Education is required to be offered in school by law and together with the National Curriculum it is part of the Basic Curriculum, which every school must deliver. By clicking on Agreed Syllabus you will find the formal directions for Religious Education in the City of Birmingham. It includes statements of purpose, policy, method, content and intended outcomes.

A main purpose of the syllabus is to nurture and educate children. It seeks to help them to grow up to live a fulfilled life and to develop the values that will sustain them and the community in which they live.

Children are not treated here as mere receptacles for select information about religion. They are seen as persons seeking understanding, with deep feelings and emotions. They are also seen as persons who are eager to act and contribute to schools, our society and our world. The emphasis of this syllabus is therefore on what religious traditions have to offer them in the process of learning to live well.
A DVD, "Religious Education in Birmingham", has been produced and was sent to Birmingham Schools in October 2008.
It contains contains films featuring faith communities and parents endorsing the Syllabus.

Click here to view==> Parents' film


By clicking on Dispositions you will see the qualities we would like to see children develop. There are further levels to provide additional information for teachers.
By clicking on Religious Traditions you will discover what the basic understanding is that we have of the religious traditions most readily found in the City and the wider world.

On the website there is access to other resources designed to help teachers in their planning. Whilst the statutory syllabus itself cannot be changed until the next formal Agreed Syllabus Review there is the opportunity to add to teaching resources or to alter supporting information. You may be able to help in this regard.
To understand more deeply the policies and principles informing this syllabus you might wish to click on Supporting Documents.

If there are issues of conscience parents, guardians or carers may legally withdraw their child from the education envisaged here. This is a serious step and we would strongly urge that parents are given the opportunity to discuss their concerns in confidence with the headteacher. For additional information or advice you should contact the Birmingham Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education which is a statutory body set up to advise the City on all matters relating to Religious Education.
  
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