Our Religious Education Curriculum

At our school, we follow the Diocesan Religious Education (RE) curriculum, which is designed to offer a carefully sequenced and progressively structured approach to learning. This curriculum is rooted in the new RED guidance and ensures that pupils develop their knowledge, understanding and personal response to faith throughout their time in school.

Key Features of the RE Curriculum

Knowledge Lenses
These outline the core knowledge pupils are expected to gain by the end of each phase. They are organised into four areas: hear, believe, live and celebrate.

Ways of Knowing
These describe the skills pupils build as they move through the curriculum. Students learn to understand, discern and respond as they deepen their thinking and apply what they have learned.

Expected Outcomes
For every age phase, clear expectations set out what children should know, remember and be able to do. Assessment is based on whether pupils meet these outcomes.

Curriculum Branches
The programme of study is divided into six branches—one for each half term. Each year group explores the same themes in age‑appropriate ways, allowing for a whole‑school journey through scripture, tradition and Christian life.

Curriculum Branch Overview

• Autumn 1 – Creation and Covenant
  Exploring God as Creator and the relationship God forms with humanity, with a focus on biblical creation accounts.

• Autumn 2 – Prophecy and Promise
  Reflecting on the hope and anticipation of the coming Messiah during the season of Advent.

• Spring 1 – Galilee to Jerusalem
  Learning about the ministry of Jesus through His teachings, miracles, parables and encounters.

• Spring 2 – Desert to Garden
  Journeying through Lent and Holy Week, considering themes of reflection, sacrifice and renewal.

• Summer 1 – To the Ends of the Earth
  Discovering how the early Church grew through the power of the Holy Spirit, following the Resurrection and Ascension.

• Summer 2 – Dialogue and Encounter
  Understanding how Christians engage with people of other faiths, recognising shared values and promoting respect for all.

Assessment in Religious Education

In terms of assessment, the RE curriculum requires schools to assess children against the end of phase statements. Children are assessed as meeting or not meeting the expected outcomes. The language of ‘working at greater depth’ in not used in the assessment of the RE curriculum. 

 

 

 

Right to withdraw pupils from all or part of RE

Guidance on the right of withdrawal from religious education and/or collective worship in schools in England

Please click here for Guidance on the right of withdrawal from religious education and/or collective worship in schools in England