Articles by Deborah Weston

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How a NATRE-supported parental complaint resulted in improved provision for RE at an Academy

Sept 2018: The initial parental complaint The complaint focused on the academy’s failure to comply with its Funding Agreement (FA) with the DfE (Department for Education) regarding provision of RE. A subsidiary...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 2

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What is Ofsted saying about RE in England – and what can we learn from it?

As we write this, teachers are ‘working their socks off’ providing home learning in various forms for pupils as well as looking after disadvantaged pupils and pupils with key-worker parents. It has hardly been a...

Published in: Volume 38, Number 1
Tagged: RE, Ofsted, teachers

For the classroom 14-16

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Who’s taking GCSE RS?

Deborah Weston, NATRE’s data thinker, gives a report on the characteristics of schools in relation to provision and standards in RS at GCSE with a focus on ethnicity and free school meals.

Published in: Volume 37, Number 2