Dr Richard Kueh

Chief Education Officer, CAM Academy Trust | Visiting Scholar, CCCU | Trustee, Culham St Gabriel’s | Board, REC | Formerly, Senior Civil Servant & HMI for RE

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

Is existence a predicate?

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@Mrslhteach Yes to “big ‘if’”

Including RS in the “breadth” component alongside other hums is today’s untold other story of how RE in schools is being strengthened

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

⭐️ RE recommended to be included in the national curriculum

🪜 Francis and co recommend a 2-step process led by Dr Vanessa Ogden

👏 An incredible, landmark moment to reverse the fortunes of an important, but beleaguered, subject

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

❗ Breaking: Curriculum review proposals revealed

New curriculum in 2028: https://t.co/FeGHk6Mws4

Key policy proposals round-up: https://t.co/EUexYUw7xt

The subject-specific reccs here: https://t.co/RJ2u3YvOcT

And our Q&A with Becky Francis: https://t.co/8tFsLmUafW

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@dakhalsa Lots of (problematic) assumptions here. Don’t assume that a Nat Curric subject ignores the local (eg History). Claims this means elimination of dharmic traditions unfounded.

Evidence in report says, sadly, “complex and fraying” local arrangements led to “tokenistic practice”.

[Andrew Bell 白安竹 @andrewbell209]

Great discussion about curriculum & assessment with @annatreth @BeckyFrancis7 @LizzieRobinson3 @knowledgerich @JohndickensSW at the @EducationFest - quite a bit of consensus about the way forward.

[AQA @AQA]

Brilliant @EducationFest panel on curriculum and assessment in schools with AQA’s Executive Director of Corporate Affairs and Strategy @annatreth in discussion with @BeckyFrancis7 @LizzieRobinson3 and @knowledgerich.
Chaired by @JohndickensSW.

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

the *very conversation

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

Hope your day went well!

And that reference is so bittersweet: I remember vividly the be try conversation with the wonderful, late, Dawn Cox.

[Cheney Payne @CheneyPayne]

Pre-reading for our curriculum Inset Day @astreaacademies tomorrow & love this quote - "Every teacher thinks that their subject is special. We know ours is". Also noting that 15 years into teaching, I'm still learning from @knowledgerich! Looking forward to a day of thinking RE.

[Christine Counsell @Counsell_C]

Today, when these beauties arrived, I realised that this is the 70th booklet that #OpeningWorlds has written. Just 2 more to go & KS2 will be complete.
Nearly 300 primary schools around England now get children reading at least 800 words a lesson of this gorgeous stuff.

[Christine Counsell @Counsell_C]

"In this book, you will learn both British & world stories, but ones which start in different places and often change lanes."
Weaving a history curriculum is hard. But with great history teachers & historians, it can be done.
Welcome to #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Year 8. Out in June.

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@CPsPepTalk Very interesting article. But at the same time in-keeping with the kind of theological gymnastics that Charles has presented since his 1994 comments about being “the defender of faith”.

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@sebastiandelfs Sorry to hear these things make you despair. They’re mere metaphors, or analogies. Elsewhere, I spoke about injecting wisdom, sensitivity & reflection into the world. & that wisdom, if Aquinas is right, may be analogous to the wisdom of God that is Christ crucified. Happy Easter!

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@hopkinsmmi Hi Paul! Thanks for this - will message you!

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

📣New post!

👡Time for Cinde-RE-lla to go to ball?

🧩Religion today is complex. Intelligent RE prepares pupils to engage

🌍Curriculum diversity? RE is inherently diverse

💭RE injects wisdom, sensitivity & reflection into world asking BigQs: eg AI💻 & living well together🖖

[Tes magazine @tes]

🛐 Religious education has such an important role to play in helping young people to understand the world – but it will only fulfil its potential with clear national standards, says @knowledgerich
https://t.co/M3fw463tvl

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@sebastiandelfs I advocate for RE grounded in disciplines: this gives pupils a warranted basis for the claims that they make, as well as helps them see traditions of knowledge construction about religion.

If this is what you’d characterise as “secular modern RBV”, so be it. ii/

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@sebastiandelfs From what I’ve seen, RE is, on average, better in schools of a religious character, supported by curriculum time & valued by senior leadership.

However, in both school types I’ve seen poor RE in classrooms, with T&L unwarranted by scholarship, whatever one’s faith background i/

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

@sebastiandelfs Have given a more lengthy reply elsewhere, but, in short, “no!”

No reason why we can’t have both. It’s just that the current arrangements generate an unfortunate (and possibly unnecessary) trade-off.

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

The real point is that due to current legal arrangements, there’s a very unfortunate trade off.

Also, to my mind, it’s counter to the history and tradition of some schools of a religious character that were founded to improve education for all in the nation. 5/

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

Thanks for engaging, though there’s no need to speculate what I ‘really’ mean. As I’ve said elsewhere: whether or not RE should be included in the national curriculum is just part of the issue. 1/

[Sebastian Delfs @sebastiandelfs]

I wish the educators pushing this would have the courage to say what they really mean. For schools such as mine, a non-Catholic, government-appointed ‘expert’ would be dictating the content of Catholic RE and inspecting it via Ofsted.

[Dr Richard Kueh @knowledgerich]

And, in such a two-sub-sector scenario, the Section 48 inspectorate (or equivalent appointed inspectorate in the case of academies) continues to inspect, not Ofsted 4/