Religious Education Subject Rationale

Our Religious Education rationale explains how we deliver a curriculum that fosters respect, understanding, and critical thinking about diverse faiths and world views. Drawing on the most recent educational research and the Staffordshire Agreed Syllabus, we design a coherent and progressive learning journey that develops substantive knowledge (beliefs and practices), ways of knowing (how to study religion), and personal knowledge (reflecting on values and identity). Through carefully sequenced lessons, pupils explore big questions about meaning, morality, and community, while engaging with stories, artefacts, and real-life experiences. We encourage open dialogue, empathy, and cultural awareness, preparing pupils to live responsibly in a diverse society. Purposeful assessment and retrieval practice support progression and mastery, equipping children to think critically and articulate their own informed views.