Religious Education
From September 2025, we will be implementing the new Gloucestershire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education (2025). This updated syllabus highlights the importance and value of Religious Education for all pupils, recognising its ongoing contribution to fostering an open, articulate, and understanding society.
At Parkend we believe that it is vital for all our pupils to learn from and about religion so that they can understand where they belong and the wider world and community around them. Through Religious Education, pupils develop their knowledge of the world faiths, and their understanding and awareness of the beliefs, values and traditions of other individuals, societies, communities and cultures. This is linked in with other subjects such as PSHE and geography where appropriate and enables the children to make links with their learning. We encourage our pupils to ask questions about the world and to reflect on their own beliefs, values and experiences. We teach our children tolerance and respect by interweaving our values of SMSC through the RE curriculum as well as through our driver's belonging, building me, creativity, active adventure and communication. Through RE, children gain knowledge and understanding of major world religions, explore a range of responses to life’s big questions, and are encouraged to reflect on and develop their own beliefs, values, and worldviews.
We have links with the local community including Parkend church and Open the Book lead regular assemblies.
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| Intent implementation and impact Religious Education.pdf | |||
| Parkend Long Term Plan.docx | .docx |
The Right of Withdrawal from Religious Education:
Religion and belief have become more visible in public life in recent years, making it important that all pupils should have an opportunity to engage in RE. However, parents or carers may request that their child/ children be excused from all or part of the religious education (RE) lessons provided.
Parents should request or discuss this with the head teacher prior to withdrawal.
