North Somerset Standing Advisory Council on Religious
Education (SACRE) is made up of representatives from the council,
local religious and teachers' organisations.
Every local authority (LA) is required by law to establish a
SACRE to advise on matters relating to religious education and
collective worship.
Our mission statement is to provide high quality, informed
service in the LA and to schools regarding religious education and
collective worship in North Somerset.
We will try to ensure that schools are:
- Aware of the value of religious education and collective
worship, especially in contributing to pupils' spiritual, moral,
social and cultural development.
- Challenged to provide high quality collective worship and
religious education which meets the requirements of the locally
agreed syllabus (Awareness, Mystery and Value).
- Supported by SACRE in providing them with information,
in-service training opportunities and professional
advice.
SACRE conducts all its business through the LA.
NORTH SOMERSET SACRE is made up of
the following groups:
GROUP A : Christian and Other Religious
Denominations
Chris Williamson - Free Churches Education Committee
Gail Gunga Devi - Hindu Community
Qari Majeed - Muslim Community
Sylvia Best - Society of Friends (Quaker) Community
Kevin Magner - Roman Catholic Community
Gurdial Singh - Sikh Community
Vacancy - Buddhist Community
Vacancy - Jewish Community
Vacancy - Greek Orthodox Community
GROUP B : The Church of England
Pauline Dodds - Diocesan Schools Adviser
Ian Doswell - Diocese of Bath and Wells
Ruth Newton - Headteacher
GROUP C : Teachers' Associations
Vacancy - Secondary Heads Association
Jenny Judd - National Association of Headteachers
Vacancy - VOICE (formerly Professional Association of
Teachers)
Sarah Voyle - Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Wil Farrell - National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of
Women Teachers
Marianne McAleer - National Union of Teachers
Vacancy - Headteachers Association of North Somerset
GROUP D : Local Authority
Councillor Robert Cleland
Councillor Tony Moulin - Chairman
Councillor Roz Willis
CO-OPTED
Jo Backus - Bath Spa University
Nicole Horler - Jewish Perspectives
Local Authority Officers
Sheila Smith – Director of Children's and Young People's
Services
Dave Francis – Associate Adviser for RE
Paul Jacobs – Assistant Director Learning and Achievement
Leo Taylor – Clerk to the SACRE
Maureen Bollard - Director of Education for the Diocese of Bath and
Wells
HOW TO CONTACT SACRE
Write to:
Leo Taylor
Clerk to North Somerset SACRE
Democratic Services
Town Hall
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1UJ
Tel: 01934 634 621
Email:
leo.taylor@n-somerset.gov.uk
To contact Dave Francis, the Associate Adviser for RE e-mail :
mayfly@blueyonder.co.uk
or contact him through :
Carole Thorne
School Improvement Team
North Somerset Council
tel: 01275 884034
fax: 01275 884058
email:
carole.thorne@n-somerset.gov.uk
SACRE RESOURCE CENTRES
SACRE provides artefacts and other resources for schools.
These may be borrowed by schools from the following
centres:
St Georges VA Primary School
(tel. 01934 426901)
Mary Elton Community Primary School, Clevedon
(tel. 01275 876432)
There are also resources available from the Diocesan Resource
Centre, Wells (tel. 01749 670777).
AWARENESS, MYSTERY AND VALUE (AMV) 2011
The New Locally Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
in North Somerset
This new LA syllabus is now in place and is the legal document
for religious education in all Local Authority community and
voluntary controlled schools. Church of England voluntary aided
schools also use the new syllabus, alongside guidelines from the
Diocese of Bath & Wells. Roman Catholic VA schools have their
own syllabus to follow but the Clifton Diocese recommends the North
Somerset agreed syllabus as a useful resource. Academies wishing to
use AMV 2011 and supporting materials must contact the SACRE clerk
for conditions of use:
debbie.freeman@n-somerset.gov.uk.
The new syllabus and supporting materials may found at
http://amv.somerset.gov.uk/
PUBLICATIONS
As well as the Locally Agreed Syllabus for RE, North Somerset
SACRE has produced guidance for schools on collective worship
(Nourishing the Spirit) spiritual, moral, social and cultural
development and how to make connections between RE, PSHE and
Citizenship:
- Nourishing the Spirit (pdf, Sept 2011,
455KB)
-
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural
Development (pdf, Sept 2011, 90KB)
- Other Dimensions – Primary (pdf, Sept
2011, 976KB)
- Further Dimensions - Secondary (pdf,
Sept 2011, 845KB)
SACRE ANNUAL SEMINAR FOR GOVERNORS, HEADTEACHERS
& SACRE MEMBERS
The following downloads are available for the Seminar held
at The Campus, Weston-super-Mare, on 1st November 2011:
