What are the new style Ofsted reports saying about Religious Education? 

As of Monday 16 February, 160 new-style Ofsted reports have been published for primary, secondary and cross-phase schools, excluding schools with a religious character. 

In the past, the RE community has raised concerns that Religious Education has been overlooked in inspection reports, even allowing for the fact that RE is not normally inspected by Ofsted in schools with a religious character. The early evidence from the new-style reports suggests that this is not the case any longer. Around half of the published reports in schools without a religious character, refer to the teaching of religious beliefs or faiths. The breakdown is shown below. 

Read the complete report below.