Agenda

North Yorkshire Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) - Tuesday, 21 April 2026 4.00 pm

Venue: Remote Meeting held via Microsoft Teams

Contact: Edward Maxwell, Senior Democratic Services Officer  Email: DemocraticServices.Central@northyorks.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome and Announcements

2.

Apologies for Absence

3.

Minutes of the Meeting held on Tuesday 9 December 2025 pdf icon PDF 340 KB

Members to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 9 December 2025 as an accurate record.

4.

Declarations of Interest

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.

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 16 April, 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.

6.

Member Training - Monitoring pdf icon PDF 940 KB

To receive a training session on monitoring RE in schools.

Additional documents:

7.

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.

8.

Update by the Professional Religious Education Adviser pdf icon PDF 342 KB

To inform Members on work undertaken by the Professional RE Adviser since the last SACRE meeting, and to provide members with local and national updates on RE.

Additional documents:

9.

Update by the Local Authority pdf icon PDF 263 KB

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

10.

SACRE Development Plan 2024-26 pdf icon PDF 273 KB

Members to review and comment on the SACRE Development Plan 2024-26.

11.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the SACRE will take place on Tuesday 16 June 2026, at 4:00pm.  It will be an in-person meeting, held in The Brierley meeting room, County Hall, Northallerton.