Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Stephanie Boulter, Chris Giles, Fran Oborski, Alison Palmer and Chris Giles.

None.

Stephen Pett reassured the Council that work on the syllabus was progressing. He explained the outline of the syllabus and gave an update on the process:

·         Three twilight sessions with teachers had been held and they had been asked for their views on the proposed headings for the syllabus. Feedback so far had been positive,

·         Schemes of work would be provided for schools to buy,

·         SACRE should think how they could support teachers as they began to use the new syllabus. Further twilight sessions could be useful.  RE Today or Worcestershire County Council may need to be responsible for a helpline or website to give support to teachers. Barry Newton felt that there was good school to school support and teachers made use of an effective practice website which sign posted teachers to useful resources,

·         Conferences to launch the syllabus would take place on 21 and 22 May for Primary Schools and 24 June for Secondary schools.

The Agreed Syllabus Conference concluded at 3.15pm.

Following a fire alarm it was agreed that the meeting would be re-convened on another date as there was not time to deal with the remaining items.

The remainder of the meeting was subsequently held on 26 November.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 9 July 2014

Note: The addition of a second Vice-Chairman has previously been agreed.

Wednesday 18 March 2015 – 2.00pm

Wednesday 1 July 2015 – 2.00pm

Tuesday 6 October – 2.00pm