Religious Education

Religious Education plays a very important role in the curriculum since every pupil in a maintained school has a statutory entitlement to religious education. This entitlement must be for all pupils regardless of their faith or belief. In the teaching of RE and Worldviews, schools should ensure that all pupils enjoy their learning and have opportunities to succeed, whatever their individual needs or barriers to learning may be. Pupils need to understand the role and significance of religion in the modern world, the important beliefs and values that shape it; and the impact religion has on many people’s lives and especially on communities.

The aim of the Wirral Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education and Worldviews is to enable all Wirral children and young people in community and voluntary controlled schools to learn about religion in order to learn from religion. The revised syllabus aims at providing a framework which places value on the ethos, morality and cultural understanding that religious education can establish, independent of any faith and even when considering other Worldviews, without a specifically Religious faith. It also sets out to promote high levels of consistency in teaching and learning. It will play an important role, alongside other aspects of the curriculum and school life, in helping pupils to engage with challenging spiritual, moral, social and cultural questions that arise in their lives and in society. The Agreed Syllabus, in line with the aims of the whole curriculum, provides opportunities for all young people to become: successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve; confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives; responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.