Every Local Authority (LA) has a
statutory duty to establish a permanent body called a Standing
Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE).
The
role and responsibilities of Kent SACRE:
·
To advise the LA on matters concerned with the provision of
Religious Education (R.E.) and collective worship in county
schools.
·
To convene an occasional body to produce and recommend an agreed
syllabus for RE, called an Agreed Syllabus Conference
(ASC).
·
The SACRE monitors the effectiveness and appropriateness of the
agreed syllabus, which is formally reviewed every five
years.
·
An annual report of activities is submitted to the Qualifications
and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) and to the Kent County
Council Children, Children’s Young People and Education
Cabinet Committee.
Kent SACRE also
publishes guidance and support materials, approves a programme of
training for teachers and sponsors or supports other projects which
it deems to be consistent with its responsibility to promote
religious education and spiritual, moral, social and cultural
education in schools.
More information
for teachers and schools about a range of issues can be found on
the KELSI website which can be accessed herewww.kelsi.org.uk
Kent SACRE meets
publicly at least three times a year and publishes agendas and
minutes.
The Clerk to
SACRE can be contacted in writing at Democratic Services, Room
1.99, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ, by phone on
03000 414043 or by email at democratic.services@kent.gov.uk
You can download
the SACRE Constitution and the most recent annual report by
clicking on the links below:
·
SACRE Document Library
Please email pennysmithorr@gmail.com for a
digital version of the Kent Agreed Syllabus for Religious
Education 2018.