Last word

Mark Chater argues for radical reform of RE. Abbreviated from a keynote given to the Humanists UK RE conference, 28 November 2020.

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...

With great sadness and affectionate memories, we share the news that Dr Bill Gent, Redbridge’s brilliant and much-loved RE adviser and a long-time supporter of RE Today and editor of our magazines REsource and...

What’s the problem with how we teach the Christmas story? It’s expected that Christmas and Easter, the two main Christian festivals, will appear on every long-term plan for RE for all year groups in the primary...

Does your school need to boost the teaching of the humanities? Dr Tony Eaude has been working with colleagues to promote primary humanities within the curriculum. NATRE has supported this vision, and recognises the need...

Since the Commission on Religious Education’s final report came out in autumn 2018, its vision and recommendations have been at the heart of discussions about the future of the subject. Should any readers of REtoday...

Nigel Genders is the Chief Education Officer for the Church of England. He spoke about transformation through education at the Head Teachers’ conference for the Diocese of Leicester. This perspective from within the...

Words, words, words. They assault our ears. Long ones, short ones. Teacher talking, children shouting. They can deafen us, they can distract us. Yet, they can soothe us and inspire us. Where do they come from and what...

Scripture Union, a charity that promotes the Bible, has published a new booklet to celebrate the faith of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Copies – priced £1 for 10 – are available to schools from Scripture Union....

It is hardly a startlingly new insight to say that the process of learning is intrinsically bound up with memory and memorisation. We know this now, as have human beings and societies since the dawn of time (but how...

The Church of England consecrated the Right Reverend Libby Lane, 48, as Bishop of Stockport in front of more than 1000 people at York Minster earlier this year. REtoday interviewed her about her appointment.

In 1975 I began a PGCE at St John University in York (it was then the College of Ripon and York St John). Our tutor in RE Methodology was Terence Copley. In his first session with us he told us that we were not products...

Julie Grove marks the death of Professor John Hull last summer with a personal recollection. His unique contributions to RE made him a beloved figure to many readers of REtoday, and his work will continue to influence...

Mark Chater is the Director of the Culham St Gabriel’s Trust Baal and the Baals Baal is perhaps best known as the Canaanite deity whose prophets were confronted and defeated by Elijah in 1 Kings 18. In various forms,...

Actor David Suchet has said that recording the first full-length audio version of the Bible (spoken by a single British actor) was the ‘biggest role in my life’ in terms of research. ‘I love researching characters,...

Is taking a worldviews approach to RE on board opening up Pandora’s box, inviting a surfeit of honesty? What is my worldview? Chris Boxley, RE Today editorial team member, reflects on the personal and the...

Jane Brooke argues for playful RE ‘We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing’ George Bernard Shaw Professor Paul Ramchandani is the first ‘Professor of Play’ to have been...

Not a lot of people knew the phrase ‘global village’ in 1978 in Windermere.

Not a lot of people knew that it was Cat Stevens, not Rod Stewart, who wrote ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest.’
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When Worlds Collide is a fantastic 1951 sci-fi film. A star, Bellus, hurtles towards Earth, threatening its very existence. Philanthropists build a rocket to save a small group of humans, a modern-day Noah’s ark...

In her recent appearance before the Select Committee on Education, Nicky Morgan said that ‘we must not be shy about talking about fundamental British values’. She added that schools should promote values like mutual...