Wandsworth Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE)
Wandsworth SACRE is responsible for the oversight of Religious Education (RE), through our Locally Agreed Syllabus, and collective worship in community schools in our local authority. SACRE members are representative of the various faiths in our local area. We are here to support our schools in providing good quality RE and advice. Wandsworth SACRE meets three times a year.
About SACREs
Every local authority is required by law to have a SACRE. SACREs should:
- Provide advice to the local authority on all aspects of its provision for RE in its community schools
- Provide advice to the local authority on collective worship in its community schools
- Decide whether the local authority's Agreed Syllabus for RE needs to be reviewed and to convene an Agreed Syllabus Conference (ASC) to do so every five years
- Consider any requests from headteachers to hold collective worship that is not of a broadly Christian character
- Advise on matters relating to training for teachers in RE and Collective Worship
- Publish an annual report of its work
Members
A SACRE is made up of four groups, comprising of representatives from:
- Religious denominations other than the Church of England – namely Christian and other denominations, religions and world views which appropriately reflect the principal faith traditions and belief systems in Wandsworth
- The Church of England
- Teachers associations
- The local authority, including councillors and RE advisors
Documentation
Annual reports:
- SACRE annual report 2022 to 2023
- SACRE annual report 2021 to 2022 and appendix
- SACRE annual report 2020 to 2021
- SACRE annual report 2019 to 2020
- SACRE annual report 2018 to 2019 and appendix
Agendas and minutes:
- SACRE meeting 4 March 2024
- SACRE meeting 2 October 2023
- SACRE meeting 12 June 2023
- SACRE meeting 27 February 2023
- SACRE meeting 3 October 2022
- SACRE meeting minutes 13 June 2022
- SACRE meeting 13 June 2022
- SACRE meeting 21 March 2022
- SACRE meeting 4 October 2021
- SACRE meeting 14 June 2021
- SACRE meeting 1 March 2021
- SACRE meeting 2 November 2020
- SACRE meeting 2 March 2020
Other documents:
- SACRE constitution
- SACRE code of conduct
- Locally Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
- Guidance on collective worship
- Ramadan guidance 2024
Training
Wandsworth SACRE provides termly training, led by an RE specialist, principally targeted at primary RE subject leaders, although secondary or special colleagues are very welcome to attend these sessions. The aims are to build up subject knowledge, look at approaches to teaching, learning and assessment and signpost useful resources. There is also a termly RE newsletter.
Full details of training and the newsletters can be found on the S4S portal.
Contact
For further information email Angela Rundle, Local Authority Officer for SACRE, on angela.rundle@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk.