The main emphasis of RE in our school is on Christianity, as we are a Church of England Christian school. We are required to devote more time to the teaching of Christianity than to any other single religion and this is reflected in the amount of content specified for Christianity. We have carefully considered which other religions to teach based on the context of our school and have focussed our learning on Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. Our planning links to the main Christian celebrations and ideas.
Our RE lessons are taught weekly and have a main focus on philosophy, theology or human and social science. We start our RE topics with an enquiry question and find out what the children already know and make connections to prior learning where possible. The lessons are sequenced over the term to build on their knowledge and end with an assessment using the enquiry question again. This shows good progress. We have planned in school trips and visitors to school to enhance the children's understanding and experiences further.