Religious Education
As a church school, the aims of Religious Education at St. Margaret’s School are:
- to enable pupils to encounter Christianity as a living faith that influences the lives of people worldwide and as the religion that has most shaped British culture and heritage
- to enable pupils to talk about core theological concepts such as God, Creation, Salvation, the Kingdom of God, The People of God, Incarnation, The Fall, Gospel and explain why they are important to Christians
- to enable pupils to recognise diversity and learn about major world religions (and world views), their impact on society, culture and the wider world, facilitating pupils’ expression of responses and insights
- to contribute to the development of pupils’ own spiritual / philosophical convictions, exploring and enriching their own faith and beliefs
- to enable pupils to respect the faith of others, and value the journey of faith
- to ensure that pupils can speak comfortably and confidently about their understandings of faith and life choices.
- to enable pupils to appreciate the way in which religious beliefs can shape personal and social life and contribute to personal morality and social responsibility
- to enable pupils to develop knowledge and skills in making sense of biblical texts and the Christian narrative and understanding their impact in the lives of Christians
- to develop pupils’ abilities to connect, critically reflect upon, evaluate and apply their learning to their own growing understanding of Christianity, of religion and belief more widely, of themselves, the world and human experience.
Drawn from the Solihull Agreed Syllabus (2017). The outcomes from The Church of England Education Office’s ‘Religious Education in Church of England Schools – A Statement of Entitlement’ (2019) and Understanding Christianity.