Real curriculum time for Religious Education — an urgent leadership priority

A strategic leadership brief for headteachers, senior leaders and governors

Religious Education (RE) is too often treated as peripheral — squeezed into tutor time, assemblies, or allocated significantly less curriculum time than other foundation subjects such as history and geography. This is not simply an issue of balance or fairness. It has clear consequences for pupil attainment, equity, and preparedness for life in the modern world, and it increasingly places schools out of step with national policy direction.