The Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education

In maintained schools, religious education is legally governed by the Agreed Syllabus and the Agreed Syllabus as such still guides classroom practice, making the subject unique in educational provision for any subject in England.

In Section 5, there is further information on:

• the role of SACRE in the review of an Agreed Syllabus
• a detailed section on the analysis and construction of an Agreed Syllabus and their similarities and differences.

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• Agreed Syllabus
• religious education
• RE

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• The Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
• Spiritual, Moral, and Related Aspects of Religious Education
  • Religious education and spiritual development
  • Religious education and moral development
  • Religious education and cultural development
  • Religious education and social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL)
• Religious education across the curriculum
  • Citizenship and religious education
  • Community cohesion and religious education
  • Creativity and religious education
  • Ethics and religious education
  • Humanities and religious education
  • Science and religious education
  • Teaching about the Holocaust in religious education
  • Teaching biblical narrative in religious education