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26.1    Mrs Martin advised she had attempted to produce a Plan based on members instructions.

26.2    Page 11

There was much debate about the difficulty of accessing the Agreed Syllabus and SACRE documents which were previously online, but had been deleted from kenttrustweb. Mr Foster requested that any members with electronic versions of supporting resources forward them to him as he was having issues locating some documents.

26.3    Mr Foster confirmed that Mr Gough (Cabinet member) was fully aware and Mr Northey agreed to maintain the pressure to get the situation rectified.

Mrs Martin asked for permission to add the SACRE documents to both the Rochester and Canterbury Diocesan websites, plus CCCU and this was unanimously agreed.

26.4    Mr Gillespie reported he had 230 students all wanting to access the Syllabus and Mr Foster suggested the KELSI web address: http://www.kelsi.org.uk/curriculum_and_pupil_learning/curriculum/re.aspx 

26.5    Further debate ensued about the best frequency for sampling of schools.  Mrs Corbyn and Mrs Martin offered to establish the details of VA schools in their patch, to contribute to a written report detailing whether specific schools were engaging or not.

26.6    Mr Foster confirmed the Annual Report contained his findings and he would not want to “name and shame”.

26.7    Mr Foster requested Members email him suggested questions to be included in the survey before the next meeting. Mrs Walters suggested the following questions be included:-

·         Does your school have a named RE Co-ordinator?

·         Does the RE Co-ordinator have a regular slot for RE issues in Staff Meetings and/or on the CPD calendar?

·         Does your school have a copy of the latest Kent Agreed Syllabus, if so is a paper copy or online?

·         Are staff aware of the location of the Agreed Syllabus?

·         How is long term planning for RE created?

·         Do staff work from a common lesson plan for RE?

·         Does RE have dedicated curriculum time? In what format for Early Years/KS1 and KS2?

·         Do all classroom teachers teach RE? If not who else staffs RE?

·         How is RE assessed and recorded as evidence of pupil achievement?

·         Does RE have a resource budget?

·         Mrs Walters offered to provide a presentation to Members about how she deals with SMSC/Collective Worship in teacher training.

26.8    The Chairman suggested Mr Foster undertake 1 survey per year, from 3 or 4 areas, under his own time frame and record his findings in the Annual Report.

26.9    Mr Maddison suggested all County members be furnished with a copy of the Survey and requested to consult any Governing bodies they were associated with.

26.10  Mr Foster agreed to give verbal interim feedback in November and complete feedback in March 2015.

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Mr Foster was concerned about how to market high quality CPD in a non responsive market. The free Diocesan CPD event had faired better with 63 attendees. Mrs Corbyn was hopeful it may be possible to offer a couple of future events -one on RE, one on CW, if costs were cut to the bone, there was no doubt teachers were more likely to attend if events were free.

26.12  Members expressed a wish to financially support CPD , budget permitting.

26.13  Mr Gough had suggested SACRE could make a strong business case for requesting additional funding and Mr Foster advised he could bid for funds in order to offer at least one free event across the County in the coming year.

26.14  Mr Foster had attempted to raise SACRE’s profile in a number of ways, including submitting information to the Governor magazine, an information sheet to all Academies, engaging the County on publishing the syllabus and support materials online and sharing with County members and Directors of ELS.

26.15  Mr Gough had agreed to attend the November 2014 SACRE meeting.