Agenda item
ACTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING
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No. |
Ref: |
Action |
Allocated to: |
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3 |
The RE Adviser to finalise and send the drafted letter regarding RE teacher recruitment to all Councillors and the local MP with a copy also sent to the Clerk for distribution to the Rutland SACRE members. |
Amanda Fitton |
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2 |
3 |
Following her meeting with the two Secondary Teacher Representatives regarding how their schools were meeting the statutory requirement that all pupils were entitled to religious education at the end of Year 11, the RE Adviser would send a copy of her report to the Clerk for distribution to the Rutland SACRE members. |
Amanda Fitton |
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3 |
3 |
A letter from SACRE should be sent to all Rutland schools once the examination data had been verified, to promote the values of religious education and positively influence the decision maker. |
Gurdev Singh |
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4 |
4b
9 |
The RE Adviser and the Learning and Skills Service Manager to draft a press statement and send it to the Council’s Communications Team via the Clerk for publication.
Quotes from the Ofsted inspection reports regarding the teaching of RE in Rutland schools to be included in the press statement. |
Amanda Fitton, Lizzie Papworth, Jane Narey |
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5 |
4c |
The Learning and Skills Service Manager would produce a matrix of what RE curriculum/syllabus schools were using plus details of the RE lead in each school. |
Lizzie Papworth |
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6 |
4c |
The SACRE sub-group to meet to discuss the following and report back at the next meeting:
Ø Summarise the content of the Rutland SACRE webpage. Ø Identify how the Rutland SACRE webpage would be maintained. Ø Identify how Rutland SACRE could better communicate/engage with schools. Ø Identify how the Rutland SACRE might better support RE teaching in schools. |
Rutland Sub-Group |
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7 |
5 |
Members to contact the Clerk before the 31st December 2023, with any comments/ amendments to the Annual Report. The Clerk to publish the finalised Annual Report 2022-2023 in January 2024 and submit a copy to NASACRE. |
ALL
Jane Narey
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8 |
8 |
The RE Adviser confirmed that she would contact the leads for the East Anglia and East Midlands RE Hubs and request that Rutland SACRE be included in the East Anglia RE Hub. |
Amanda Fitton |
Minutes:
Action 1
The RE Adviser to finalise and send the drafted letter regarding RE teacher recruitment to all Councillors and the local MP with a copy also sent to the Clerk for distribution to the Rutland SACRE members.
The RE Adviser confirmed that the letter had been drafted and would be sent a.s.a.p.
Action 2
Following her meeting with the two Secondary Teacher Representatives regarding how their schools were meeting the statutory requirement that all pupils were entitled to religious education at the end of Year 11, the RE Adviser would send a copy of her report to the Clerk for distribution to the Rutland SACRE members.
The RE Adviser informed attendees that the report had not as yet been circulated but would be once it had been updated to include Cambridgeshire schools.
ACTION: Amanda Fitton
Action 3
A letter from SACRE should be sent to all Rutland schools once the examination data had been verified, to promote the values of religious education and positively influence the decision maker.
The Learning and Skills Service manager confirmed that the examination data had been verified and the Chair confirmed that he would finalise the letter and send it out to all Rutland schools.
Action 4
The RE Adviser and the Learning and Skills Service Manager to draft a press statement and send it to the Council’s Communications Team via the Clerk for publication.
Quotes from the Ofsted inspection reports regarding the teaching of RE in Rutland schools to be included in the press statement.
Action to be carried forward.
ACTION: Amanda Fitton & Lizzie Papworth
Action 5
The Learning and Skills Service Manager would produce a matrix of what RE curriculum/syllabus schools were using plus details of the RE lead in each school.
The Learning and Skills Service Manager reported that the matrix had been completed and that details of the RE lead in each school would be added once the information had been received after the questionnaire had been completed by schools and returned to Rutland County Council.
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Councillor Christine Wise joined the meeting at 4.37 p.m.
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Action 6
The SACRE sub-group to meet to discuss the following and report back at the next meeting:
· Summarise the content of the Rutland SACRE webpage.
· Identify how the Rutland SACRE webpage would be maintained.
· Identify how Rutland SACRE could better communicate/engage with schools.
· Identify how the Rutland SACRE might better support RE teaching in schools.
Action on the agenda for discussion.
Action 7
Members to contact the Clerk before the 31st December 2023, with any comments/ amendments to the Annual Report.
The Clerk to publish the finalised Annual Report 2022-2023 in January 2024 and submit a copy to NASACRE.
The Clerk confirmed that no comments/amendments had been received and the Annual Report for 2022-2023 had been published and a copy submitted to NASACRE. The RE Adviser noted that a copy should also be sent to the Department for Education (DfE).
ACTION: Jane Narey
Action 8
The RE Adviser confirmed that she would contact the leads for the East Anglia and East Midlands RE Hubs and request that Rutland SACRE be included in the East Anglia RE Hub.
The RE Adviser confirmed that Rutland SACRE was now included in the East Anglia RE Hub.