For the staffroom

Lat Blaylock, Editor of REtoday, writes here an article that you might like to copy to your governors. If governors want better RE in their school, then here are ten questions to think about at school leadership level....

When you’re working hard to run great RE in your school, the uneven playing field and movable goalposts can get you down. Some teachers of RE excel at defending the subject. Here are ten top tips drawn from their...

We asked these questions of people from different faith communities. Their replies are fascinating – and could be used with students aged 14–19. Get them to read two or more of the replies, share and summarise...

NATRE’s 2019 Art in Heaven competition has been judged in the run up to this term’s REtoday magazine, and we will be updating the web galleries with winners and other commended entries in the coming weeks. Here is...

Whether we like it or not, a new Ofsted framework for inspection will be being used in our schools by the time you read this.

Feray Macmillan was a Royal Army Medical Corps medic as a soldier, and is now a student nurse. He is a Christian

Penny Rouvas is a kundalini yoga teacher, and a Sikh

Riteshkhumar Bhatt is a Hindu

Stephen Evans of the National Secular Society responds to questions about worldviews.

Maia Miller is a member of the Pagan community in the UK.

Charlotte Conway is a new RE teacher i Northern Ireland. Her worldview is close to existentialism.

The theme of this issue is Worldviews. We asked respondents for a wide range of perspectives to contribute an article about their own worldview, answering these questions. How would you describe your view of the world?...

This issue of REtoday is themed around ‘the best that has been thought and said’. The quote is from Rugby School’s Victorian headmaster Matthew Arnold. It is his description of what the curriculum might consist...

In a previous issue of REtoday Julie Grove, an RE adviser and member of our Editorial Team, wrote about what, for her, is the best of Christianity. Ian Hartland, also an RE adviser, begs to differ. He offers his...

1. Please mention a story from your religion/belief that meant a lot to you as a child, and say why.
2. What story or stories do you think children should know about from the origins of your...

Benjamin Hoff (author of The Tao of Pooh, 1982) has a warning that I think applies to all those involved in planning any educational enterprise: ‘Those who have no compassion have no wisdom. Knowledge, yes;...

One of the most prized albums in my vinyl collection is the History of Fairport Convention published in 1972, and the most memorable song is the first track: ‘Meet on the Ledge’, written in 1969 by Richard...

Here, Julie Grove reflects on the meanings of hymns. She is a member of the REtoday editorial team.

Here are replies from a Buddhist, a Humanist, a Christian, a Jewish person and a Muslim. Read these with your older pupils, and ask them to think of their own answers to the interview questions we used. The questions...

Micha Klos, an atheist teacher of Religious and Moral Education (RME) in Scotland, explains how her university course opened her mind to the value of religions and of teaching RME as an atheist.