Commission on RE

We are a high-profile independent Commission working to improve the quality and rigour of RE, and its capacity to prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.

[Commission on RE @CommissionOnRE]

Our Final Report has been published today. Download the full report here. https://t.co/vZ4xrUU9n1 #FutureofRE #CoREReport2018

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

It's my last day working at the @RECouncil. I've had a fantastic 5 & a half years there. It's been a privilege to be Chief Exec & work with so many great people across the RE world. I'm in awe of all the teachers, advisors, SACRE members, resource providers, teacher trainers...

[Culham St Gabriel’s @culhamstgabriel]

Take a look at our PowerPoint on the CORE report recommendations. @CommissionOnRE

https://t.co/Iuih0kZaB5

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

@CNewmanTeach @Ben_Wood_RE @missdcox Yes! @CommissionOnRE recommended a body of RE professionals appointed by DfE but at arm's length.

Critically, only the Nat Entitlement would be statutory, not these progs of study. This would leave it open for schls with a relig character, LAs, academies etc to develop their own

[Amira Tharani @AmiraTharani]

@ThisisRudi @Ben_Wood_RE @CommissionOnRE Absolutely. There was much more consensus than we expected. But there were also powerful vested interests that were concerned that their own power would be diminished by exploring worldviews in the context of historicity, power, individual interpretation. #REchatUK

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

@Ben_Wood_RE @CommissionOnRE Broadly, yes. When @CommissionOnRE took evidence from people from across the RE world I think they were surprised by how much agreement there was about the purpose of the subject. Their National Entitlement tries to capture the broad agreement. #REchatUK

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

@Ben_Wood_RE @missdcox What might be gained? A single (ideally statutory) point of reference (be it a nat syllabus or the @CommissionOnRE Nat Entitlement) would make it easier to deal with the prob of schools not teaching RE at all (800k pupils missing out every yr according to REC & NATRE). #REchatUK

[Kathryn Wright @kathrynfenlodge]

Great virtual @RECouncil education committee. Discussed promoting thevision of the @CommissionOnRE as well as how to support teachers during Covid-19. We were also joined today by blackbirds, seagulls and a cat!! Chairing the meeting was great fun!!!

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

Anyone interested in the future of RE, and on ensuring that all pupils in all schools have a high quality education in Religion & Worldviews, should read the book. Ignoring the call to arms will see the subject in dire straights.
https://t.co/sZ5IYmKvIC

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

I've finished @MarkChater1's "Reforming RE: Power & Knowledge in a Worldviews Curriculum". It's a great book, bringing together some of RE's leading thinkers. I am delighted to see such quality of reflection on driving forward the vital reforms that @CommissionOnRE called for.

[Culham St Gabriel’s @culhamstgabriel]

Take a look at our PowerPoint on the CORE report recommendations. @CommissionOnRE

https://t.co/1fh73fNQpX

[Culham St Gabriel’s @culhamstgabriel]

Take a look at our PowerPoint on the CORE report recommendations. @CommissionOnRE

https://t.co/sB8cwNtqjG

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

Useful article by Denise Cush in Nordidactica Journal of Humantities and Social Sciences Education (2019:4). V insightful reading of interplay between Wintersgill’s Big Ideas & @RECouncil CoRE recommendations. RE curriculum thinkers should read. Online: https://t.co/XalnZgr9kj

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

I think the plans we have at the @RECouncil for this Worldview project are really exciting. It's going to be great working with so many fabulous people to seek a shared set of understandings of how the concept is & might be used in RE.

[Religious Education Council @RECouncil]

We have just published an update on our exciting Worldview Project. Find out what's been happening here - https://t.co/ZWfsYgzCIU

[Culham St Gabriel’s @culhamstgabriel]

The TeachRE Course has a module about the @CommissiononRE report.
Find out more here: https://t.co/qi0jCmCTj6

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

Very interesting. Sir Malcolm Evans, one of the former commissioners with @CommissionOnRE has suggested that the @WG_Education announcement on ending the parental right of withdrawal from RE could be opening them up to legal challenges.
https://t.co/MAa4KLLZ0l

[Kathryn Wright @kathrynfenlodge]

Sean Whittle says @CommissionOnRE is a big deal for RE #ATCRE2020

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

Listening to @Ad_Robertson on text, art, ritual, & belief. Great to hear he's rooting his work in the National Entitlement proposed by @CommissionOnRE. #StrictlyRE

[Rudi Eliott Lockhart @ThisisRudi]

@Jay_Beecher RE does (& must) engage with non-religious worldviews, & pupils must be equipped to critically engage with religious & non-religious worldviews.

Check out the recommendations of the @CommissionOnRE which the @RECouncil fully support - I think you might be encouraged by them!

[Culham St Gabriel’s @culhamstgabriel]

The TeachRE Course has a module about @CommissiononRE report. Find out more here: https://t.co/TBMHIAdi3i