North Yorkshire County Council

 

North Yorkshire Standing Advisory Council

on Religious Education (SACRE) –

 

December 2022

Update from the Local Authority

 

1.0

 

Purpose of the Report

 

 

To inform Members on work undertaken by the Local Authority since the last SACRE meeting.

 

 

2.0  Communication and resourcing

 

2.1                Local Authority Officers have met with the Professional RE Adviser to co-ordinate the publication of the Annual Report.

 

2.2                  The termly newsletter is continuing to be distributed to schools via the Red Bag system, and occasional and ad hoc information is also posted via Red Bag.

 

2.3                  School leaders have been communicated to both via Red Bag and SEAs to encourage participation in the annual survey on RE and Collective Worship in schools. This data forms a baseline for inclusion in the Annual Report. A total of 75 schools (60 primary, 15 secondary) responded, which is an increase of slightly more than 50% responses to last year.

 

3.0  Support for Senior Leaders and Governors

 

3.1                  A named Senior Education Adviser has dedicated management time to liaise and co-ordinate work with the professional RE Adviser.

 

3.2                  Work has commenced with school governance officers to develop support for school governing bodies to further understand their statutory responsibilities regarding religious education and collective worship.

 

3.3                  The professional RE Adviser is scheduled to present to the Spring Headteacher Leadership Briefings to communicate updates on current statutory responsibilities and changes in religious education provision.

 

3.4                  The Local Authority facilitated the administrative and bookings of subject leader networks and are continuing to update the resources pages on http://nyes.info Networks and training courses are available to be booked for the current school year. Data concerning uptake and feedback is reported in the professional adviser report.

 

4.0  Ofsted inspections

 

4.1                  Since the last SACRE meeting Ofsted have published 13 Section 5, 8 and monitoring reports;

           

 

Primary

Secondary

Special

PRS

Maintained

5

1

1

0

Academy

5

1

0

0

 

 

Narrative refers to religious education and collective worship as follows;

 

 

 

Adrian Clarke

Principal Education Adviser (Support)

County Hall, Northallerton

 

06/12/2022

 

Report Author: Adrian Clarke

 

Background documents:  None