Religious Education Policies 2025 - 2026

We follow the diocesan programme To Know You More Clearly, which helps children to learn scripture, reflect on its meaning, and apply it to their own lives.

Assessment focuses on three ways of knowing: Understand, Discern and Respond. This means children show not just what they know, but how they think, pray and act as a result.

Teachers assess learning each half-term through a balance of written work, creative tasks, prayer and pupil voice.

Evidence is collected in class RE floor books, prayer journals and portfolios, and recorded on our Insight system to track progress from year to year.

Work is moderated regularly across classes and with diocesan partners to ensure accuracy and consistency.

RE attainment and personal growth are shared with parents in termly updates and annual reports.

Core Subject: RE taught for 10% of curriculum time.

Framework: Based on To Know You More Clearly (Diocese of Westminster).

Assessment Focus: Understand – Discern – Respond.

Tracking: Insight system used to record progress across year groups.

Evidence: Floor books, prayer journals, portfolios, pupil voice.

Quality Assurance: Regular moderation in school and with diocesan partners.

Mission & Values: Pupils, staff and families live out our mission every day. It is visible on all school signs and celebrated through our SPIRIT values: Service, Perseverance, Integrity, Respect, Inclusivity and Trust.

Worship & Prayer: Collective Worship takes place daily, with children leading class worship, staff leading Gospel assemblies, and parents regularly invited to celebrate with us. The liturgical year is at the heart of our prayer life.

School Environment: Crucifixes, prayer tables and liturgical displays are in every classroom. Our Prayer Garden is a dedicated space for reflection and class liturgies.

Curriculum: Religious Education follows the diocesan programme To Know You More Clearly, alongside Catholic Social Teaching projects (CAFOD, Caritas, Laudato Si’), RSHE, and respectful learning about other world faiths.

Charitable Outreach: Pupils support local, national and global causes, linking Gospel values to action through foodbank collections, CAFOD fundraising, and social justice projects.

Chaplaincy & Pupil Leadership: Pupil Chaplains, Caritas Ambassadors, Eco Warriors and Peace & Justice groups give children a strong voice in worship, prayer, and action.

Parents & Parish: Our parish priest celebrates Masses and supports chaplaincy. Parents join our assemblies, liturgies and family prayer initiatives such as Travelling Cribs and Rosary Bags.

Mission: “Through Christ we learn” – visible on all signs, lived daily by pupils and staff.

Worship: Daily Collective Worship, pupil- and staff-led, rooted in the liturgical year.

Environment: Crucifixes, prayer tables and liturgical displays in every classroom; Prayer Garden for reflection.

Curriculum: Diocesan RE programme To Know You More Clearly plus Catholic Social Teaching projects.

Pupil Leadership: Caritas Ambassadors, Mini Vinnies, Eco Team and Chaplaincy groups lead faith in action.

Community Links: Strong parish partnership; parents regularly involved in liturgies and prayer.

Daily rhythm of prayer: Morning, lunchtime and end-of-day prayers; weekly Gospel, singing, and SPIRIT assemblies.

Collective Worship: All pupils take part in age-appropriate class liturgies, with children leading prayer using the structure Gather – Listen – Respond – Go Forth.

Liturgical Year: Whole-school Masses and liturgies for Advent, Lent, Easter and feast days, as well as parish celebrations with our priest.

Progression in prayer: Pupils grow in prayer life from EYFS to Year 6, learning traditional prayers (Our Father, Hail Mary, Apostles’ Creed), practices such as the Rosary and Stations of the Cross, and reflective prayer forms like the Examen and Lectio Divina.

Variety of prayer: Children experience praise, thanksgiving, intercession, silence, contemplation and sung worship.

Pupil leadership: Chaplaincy Teams, Prayer Leaders, Caritas Ambassadors and the School Choir plan, lead and inspire worship across the school.

Faith in action: Prayer leads to service. Each term pupils connect prayer with Catholic Social Teaching, raising funds and awareness for local, national and global causes.

Statutory Duty: Daily act of Collective Worship in line with Church and law.

Daily Practice: Class prayers + weekly Gospel, singing and SPIRIT assemblies.

Seasonal Worship: Advent, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Saints’ feast days.

Progression: From simple EYFS prayers to Rosary, Examen and Lectio Divina in KS2.

Pupil Leadership: Chaplaincy, Caritas Ambassadors, Prayer Leaders, School Choir.

Catholic Social Teaching: Prayer linked to action – CAFOD, foodbanks, local charities.

Inclusion: All worship is invitational, respectful, and welcoming of children of every faith.

Mission: Rooted in our vision “Through Christ we learn”, RE supports pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Framework: We follow the diocesan programme To Know You More Clearly, in line with Westminster Diocese guidance and CSI expectations, with 10% of curriculum time dedicated to RE.

Aims: Children develop religious literacy, grow in prayer and reflection, learn about Catholic teaching and Scripture, and develop respect for other world faiths.

Curriculum: Lessons cover Scripture, Catholic Social Teaching, sacraments and liturgy, and progression in theological vocabulary from EYFS to Year 6.

Prayer and Worship: Daily prayer in class and whole-school liturgies, with children leading prayer using the Gather–Listen–Respond–Go Forth model.

Catholic Social Teaching: Pupils put faith into action through Caritas Ambassadors, Mini Vinnies, Peace & Justice and Eco Teams, fundraising for local and global causes.

Inclusion: RE is accessible to all, including pupils with SEND and those of other faiths, with respect and adaptation at the heart of practice.

Core Subject: 10% of curriculum time.

Scheme: To Know You More Clearly (RED branches, diocesan-approved).

Assessment: Understand – Discern – Respond, tracked on Insight; diocesan moderation.

Prayer Life: Daily prayer, liturgies, parish Masses; progression from EYFS to KS2.

CST in Action: Caritas, Eco Team, Peace & Justice, Mini Vinnies.

Inclusion: Respectful teaching of other faiths; full access for SEND/EHCP pupils.

Leadership: Executive Head (strategic), Head of School (implementation), REC (planning, monitoring).