A Level There were 21,233 candidates in RS, equivalent to 2.5% of all candidates, a proportion exceeded by 14 subjects (English being the highest, 10.5%) but larger than for 21 others32.0% of RS candidates were males and 68.0% females, compared with a 46.1/53.9 gender split for all subjects, although RS was less ‘feminized’ than Art and Design (72.8%), Psychology (73.1%) and Sociology (75.3%) The number of RS candidates was just 154 (or 0.7%) more than in 2009, in line with the modest 0.8% rise for all subjects 98.3% of RS candidates gained A*-E passes, 97.6% of males and 98.6% of females, whereas the average pass rate for all subjects was 97.6%
The Ofsted Long Report on Transforming Religious Education
Member
bodies of the RE Council will find that this latest Ofsted report reflects many of their concerns about RE. It
captures the quality and popularity of good primary and secondary RE provision
where it exists. It also draws attention to the continuing variability in both
the quantity and quality of that provision, diagnosing very clearly how it
could be improved. It is particularly disappointing that it reports a
deterioration in secondary RE in the schools inspected since 2006, most
especially at Key Stage 3.
“Today is significant for all who care about the matter of beliefs and values in the nation’s life. Religious Education, the designated curriculum area with this focus in primary and secondary schools, is being strongly affirmed in three complementary ways: new government guidance on RE, research on teaching related teaching resources, and a statement by the schools minister.
There is much here that warrants welcome across the entire RE community:
from across the Christian churches
from the range of other faith communities, and the traditions behind them, that enrich this country
from those who affirm a common humanity, but not religious beliefs
from those who teach and learn in schools, advisers and inspectors, teacher educators and trainers, and their specialist associations.
The challenge is highlighted of how to guarantee that the classroom experience of RE is of high quality for each child and young person in every school and academy.”
Brian Gates Chair, Religious Education Council of England and Wales
Diana Johnson has set out her public appreciation of the important of religious Education as a fundamental component in the primary and secondary curriculum and her encouragement that the partnership between the DCSF and the RE Council should continue to pursue its strategic efforts to strengthen the quality of RE Letter from Diana Johnson MP
STRATEGIC NEWS FOR RE NATIONALLY
Jan 29, 2010 at 03:41 PM
“Today is significant for all who care about the matter of beliefs and values in the nation’s life. Religious Education, the designated curriculum area with this focus in primary and secondary schools, is being strongly affirmed in three complementary ways: new government guidance on RE, research on teaching related teaching resources, and a statement by the schools minister.
There is much here that warrants welcome across the entire RE community:
from across the Christian churches
from the range of other faith communities, and the traditions behind them, that enrich this country
from those who affirm a common humanity, but not religious beliefs
from those who teach and learn in schools, advisers and inspectors, teacher educators and trainers, and their specialist associations.
The challenge is highlighted of how to guarantee that the classroom experience of RE is of high quality for each child and young person in every school and academy.”
Brian Gates Chair, Religious Education Council of England and Wales
Diana Johnson has set out her public appreciation of the important of religious Education as a fundamental component in the primary and secondary curriculum and her encouragement that the partnership between the DCSF and the RE Council should continue to pursue its strategic efforts to strengthen the quality of RE Letter from Diana Johnson MP
News
Edexcel is recruiting examiners for GCE and GCSE Religious Studies