North Yorkshire Council

STANDING ADVISORY COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (SACRE)

WORK PROGRAMME

1.         Forthcoming Meetings

Tuesday 10 December 2024, 16:00, County Hall, Northallerton (hybrid)

Item	Contact Officer	Notes
SACRE Draft Annual Report	Olivia Seymour (Professional RE Advisor)	SACRE to consider and approve the draft annual report.
Professional RE Advisor’s update (standing item)	Olivia Seymour (Professional RE Advisor)	To receive an update from the Professional RE Advisor.
Agreed Syllabus Update (standing item)	Olivia Seymour (Professional RE Advisor)	To receive an update on the Agreed Syllabus.
Local Authority Update (standing item)	Julie Pattison (Principal Advisor, Monitoring)	To receive an update from the Principal Advisor, Monitoring.
Work Programme (standing item)	Edward Maxwell (Clerk)	To note the work programme.

2.         Future Items of Work – Date to be Agreed

2.1       SACRE Self-Assessment Toolkit Working Group.  At the April 2024 meeting it was agreed that volunteers would be sought to carry out another session with the Self-Assessment Toolkit on Promoting involvement in the provision and quality of collective worship.  The session is scheduled for Friday 27 September at 10:00; currently there are two volunteers and the chair available to attend.  If any others

2.2       School Website Audit.  SACRE members assisted in carrying out surveys of school websites.  To date 7 of the 19 assigned schools have been completed; it is proposed that a one-off group of volunteers undertake to complete the remainder.  If anyone has yet to send the responses in, please do so as soon as possible so the remainder can be allocated.

3.         Proposed Future Meeting Dates

Dates to be agreed at the meeting on 10 September 2024.

a. Tuesday 8 April 2025, 16:00 (hybrid)

b. Tuesday 9 September 2025, 16:00 (hybrid)

c. Tuesday 9 December 2025, 16:00 (hybrid)