Children and Young People’s Service

 

Agenda

Notice of a public meeting of

North Yorkshire Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE)

Date:

Tuesday, 10 December 2024

Time:

4.00 pm

Venue:

Hybrid meeting held via Microsoft Teams, and in person at County Hall

 

Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer, whose details are below, if you would like to find out more.

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting. The meeting is also ‘hybrid’, which enables people to attend the meeting remotely using MS Teams. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer if you would like to find out more.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public, please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings, a copy of which is available.  Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact, prior to the start of the meeting, the Democratic Services Officer. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

 

Business

 

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1.  

Welcome and Announcements

 

 

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2.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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3.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on Tuesday 10 September

(Pages 5 - 8)

 

 

Members to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 12 September 2024 as an accurate record.

 

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4.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

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5.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Edward Maxwell, Clerk to North Yorkshire SACRE (contact details below) by midday on Thursday 5 December, three working days before the day of the meeting.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:

 

·            at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

 

·            when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

 

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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6.  

Member Presentation

 

 

 

Members to hear a presentation from a member of the SACRE on an aspect of their work or faith, to increase awareness and understanding.

 

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7.  

SACRE Annual Report

(Pages 9 - 24)

 

 

Members to consider the 2023/24 Annual Report of the North Yorkshire SACRE.

 

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8.  

Update by the Professional Religious Education Adviser

(Pages 25 - 32)

 

 

The Professional RE Adviser to present a report updating members on work undertaken since the last SACRE meeting, and to provide local and national updates.

 

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9.  

Update by the Local Authority

(Pages 33 - 38)

 

 

The Principal Advisor (Monitoring) to present a report informing Members of work undertaken by the Local Authority since the last SACRE meeting.

 

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10.  

Work Programme

(Pages 39 - 40)

 

 

The Clerk to present the SACRE Work Programme and update members on future issues and agenda items.

 

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11.  

Any Other Items

 

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

 

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12.  

Date of Next Meeting

 

 

 

The next meeting of the SACRE will take place on Tuesday 1 April 2025, at 4:00pm. It will be a hybrid meeting, held in The Grand meeting room, County Hall, Northallerton, with the option of attending via Teams.

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Monday, 2 December 2024

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MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANDING ADVISORY COUNCIL ON

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

 

Group A: Faith Groups

Professor John Adams

Humanist

Sarah Beveridge

Society of Friends

Hayden Cohen

Judaism

Tom Clayton

Methodist

Chris Devanny

Catholic

David Haddock

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Abhijeet Kulkarni

Hindu

Nasr Moussa Emam

Muslim

Mohinder Singh Chana

Sikhism

Vacancy

Baptist

Vacancy

Salvationists

Vacancy

Buddhist

Group B: Church of England

Claire Soderman

 

Lee Talbot

 

Vacancy

 

Group C: Teaching Associations

Tara Askew

 

Jo Colledge

 

Sarah Hodgson

 

Vacancy

 

Vacancy

 

Group D: Local Authority:

Councillor Alyson Baker

 

Councillor Robert Heseltine

 

Councillor George Jabbour

 

Councillor Janet Jefferson

 

Councillor Annabel Wilkinson

 

Co-opted Member: Academic Expertise in Religious Education

Vacancy