Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Emily Wilcox Democratic Services Officer
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Opening Reflections (Opening reflections by Claire Simons) Minutes: Opening reflections were received from Claire Simons which reflected on the devastation caused by the on-going war in Ukraine.
It was suggested that Claire Simons share the words used for her opening reflections with the Committee. |
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Apologies for Absence/Member Changes Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor M A Whittington, Peter Crosby, Sian Wade and Jill Chandar-Nair. |
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Declarations of Members' Interests Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Minutes of the Previous Meeting of SACRE held on 8 December 2021 PDF 495 KB Minutes: The Committee reflected on the content within minute item 8 for the Ofsted Update, noting that there had been no mention of positive outcomes from Ofsted inspections.
The Local Authority Adviser and the Democratic Services Officer acknowledged the wish to receive a report detailing the positive results of recent Ofsted inspections at a future meeting.
RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 8 December 2021 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. |
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Correspondence received by the Chairman (if any) Minutes: No correspondence had been received. |
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Updates from Mark Plater (To receive a report from Mark Plater which provides an update on several matters in relation to religious education, in particular the LAR-D project and the RE ITE Covid cohort-study) Additional documents: Minutes: The committee received an update from Mark Plater on a number of issues including the LAR-D project (learning about religion through dialogue); survey of secondary RE-ITE students 2020-21; the Farmington Secondary RE teacher support group; Lincolnshire RE hub & email group and Gcse & A levels in Lincolnshire. Details of which could be found within the agenda pack.
Consideration was given to the update and during the discussion the following points were noted:
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SACRE Annual Report 2020-21 PDF 1009 KB (To receive a report from Wendy Harrison, RE Adviser, which invites the Committee to consider the draft SACRE Annual Report 2020-21) Minutes: Consideration was given to a report by the RE Adviser, which invited the Committee to consider and comment on the the draft SACRE Annual Report 2020-21 prior to it being finalised.
It was noted that no examinations had taken place within the 2020-21 academic year.
It was acknowledged that an introduction from the Chairman was yet to be included.
The use of photographs within the report was welcomed.
Should any members of the Committee have any further comments, it was requested that they be sent to the Democratic Services Officer for inclusion prior to the report being finalised. |
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School Visits and Training (To receive a verbal report from Wendy Harrison, RE Adviser, which provides an update on school visits) Minutes: Consideration was given to a verbal report by the RE Adviser which provided an update on school visits and training.
School visits from RE Advisers had recommenced and were currently taking place both virtually and in person. The value of communicating with children in person during the visits was emphasised.
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Budget 2022-23 (To receive a verbal report from Wendy Harrison, RE Adviser, which provides an update on SACRE’s budget for 2022-23) Minutes: Consideration was given to a verbal report by the RE Adviser which provided an update on the Budget for 2022-23.
The RE Adviser was pleased to report that the budget for Religious Education and SACRE had remained the same as for the previous year.
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Review of Agreed Syllabus (To receive a verbal report from Wendy Harrison, RE Adviser and Gillian Georgiou, Diocesan RE Adviser, which invites the Panel to review the agreed syllabus) Minutes: Consideration was given to a verbal report by the RE Adviser which provided an update on the review of the agreed syllabus.
When reviewing the syllabus, Officers would consult with teachers to seek their views, as well as taking note of changes to Ofsted and developments in thinking on knowledge and progression. An update would be provided at the next meeting of the Committee.
Consideration was given to the report and during the discussion the following points were noted:
Comments received from inspections had indicated that Ofsted inspectors were satisfied with the RE syllabus provided within Lincolnshire. |
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Analysis of Ofsted reports: September 2021 - February 2022 PDF 453 KB (To receive a report by Wendy Harrison, RE Adviser, which provides an analysis of Ofsted reports from September 2021 – February 2022) Minutes: Consideration was given to a verbal report by the RE Adviser which provided an update on the review of the analysis of Ofsted reports from September to February 2022, details of which could be found within the agenda pack.
The distinction between Section 5 inspections in which a full inspection was carried out; and a section 8 inspection which was a shorter inspection, was noted. Most schools would receive a section 8 inspection unless significant change or concern had been raised, in which they would usually receive a more thorough inspection. A section 5 inspection was required to be carried out to change the overall Ofsted rating for a school. The complicated nature of the new Ofsted inspection process was acknowledged.
A deep dive into RE had been carried out at Utterby Primary Academy and findings suggested that the curriculum was deemed to be strong, but the school’s teaching of British Values was not as strong as it could be.
Consideration was given to the report and during the discussion the following points were noted:
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Update from Diocese PDF 311 KB (To receive a report by Gillian Georgiou, Diocesan RE Advisor, which provides an update on her work with schools) Minutes: Consideration was given to the Diocesan RE Adviser which provided an update from the Diocese.
A key focus for the Diocese in recent months had been the agreed Lincolnshire syllabus in secondary schools.
Many of Lincolnshire’s primary schools were using Lincolnshire’s agreed syllabus and learning within primary schools as meeting higher expectations. It was noted that as many of them were academies, very few secondary schools used the Lincolnshire locally agreed syllabus for RE as the basis of their RE curriculum. Many secondary schools had acknowledged a need to re-think their curriculum as many children starting secondary school had showed evidence of good knowledge in RE as the primary RE curriculum had been based on the Lincolnshire locally agreed syllabus for RE.
The Committee welcomed the creation of a podcast series which was being developed to explore religion with a focus on wider world views. The series would be co-written with children and include conversations with experts on a range of topics. |
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Still Standing: A report by the Religious Education Council PDF 294 KB (This item invites the Committee to consider a summary of the report by the RE Education Council which aimed to test out the recommendations of the Commission on RE regarding SACRE’s. This item is for information only) Minutes: Consideration was given to a report by the RE Adviser, which invited the Committee to consider a report by the Religious Education Council – Still Standing. An Executive Summary was set out within the agenda pack.
It was proposed that some of the recommendations within the report be explored in detail at the next meeting of the Committee. |
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NASACRE Annual Conference (This item is to inform the Committee that the NASACRE Annual Conference will take place on Monday 24 May 2022) Minutes: Volunteers were sought to attend the NASACRE Annual Conference which was scheduled for Monday 24th May 2022.
It was agreed that the Chairman, Mark Plater and Amanda Grant attend the conference on behalf of Lincolnshire SACRE. |
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Reflections at the next meeting (A volunteer is sought to undertake reflections at the next meeting) Minutes: It was agreed that Councillor A J Baxter give opening reflections at the meeting on the 7 June 2022. |
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Date and time of the next meeting (The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 14th June 2022) Minutes: The next meeting was scheduled for 14 June 2022 at County Offices, Lincoln.
Following a request, it was agreed that details of the Farmington research project would be shared with the Committee. It was suggested that a member of the project group be invited to a future meeting to present their research which had focussed on vocabulary and curriculum.
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