 This website provides the information schools need to deliver religious education to your children.
Religious Education is required to be offered in school by law and with the National Curriculum it is part of the Basic Curriculum, which every school must deliver. By clicking on Agreed Religious Education Syllabus you will find the formal directions for Religious Education in Community schools in the City of Birmingham. The Religious Education in Church and other voluntary schools will be in accordance to the trust deeds of that school.
A main purpose of the syllabus is to support you in nurturing your 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 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.
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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.
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By clicking on Dispositions you will see the qualities we would like to see children develop.
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. You may be able to help by suggesting further information and supporting the school your child attends.
If there are issues of conscience then as parents, guardians or carers you may legally withdraw your child from the education envisaged here. Before you consider taking such a serious step we would strongly urge you first to discuss your concerns in confidence with the headteacher of your school.
You could also 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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