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1.

OPENING PRAYER

Dear Father,

 

We thank You for everyone here and we ask for Your blessing and help as we are gathered together.

           

Fill us with Your Holy Spirit, guide us and inspire our hearts.

           

Fill our lives with Your love and Fill our conversations with Your grace and truth.

           

We ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Amen

 

Minutes:

The opening prayer was read by Mr Andreas Menzies

 

2.

RECORD OF MEETING

To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Rutland SACRE held on Wednesday, 15th July 2015 (previously circulated).

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Rutland Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) committee held on the 15th July 2015, copies of which had been previously circulated, were confirmed and signed by the Chair.

 

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Mr Neil Rawes joined the meeting at 4.38 p.m.

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3.

ACTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING

Minutes:

a)    Dr Sharif reported that she was awaiting confirmation from the NASUWT as to who their representative would be. 

 

AGREED:

 

  1. Dr Sharif would contact Carol Snell, HR Advisor at Rutland County Council for details regarding the union representatives for the NUT, the NAHT, VOICE and also Unison as it was believed that Sarah Reseigh was no longer available. 

 

  1. Dr Sharif would contact Megan Davis to see if it would be ok for her to attend future meetings as the NAHT representative and then contact Katy Walker, the Headteacher at Ryhall Church of England Academy to ask if she would attend future SACRE meetings as the representative of Rutland’s Headteachers’ Forum.

ACTION: Dr Rashida Sharif 

 

  1. Mr Rawes confirmed that he would speak to Jonathan Watt to see if he had contacted the NASUWT regarding representation at Rutland SACRE meetings.

ACTION: Mr Neil Rawes

 

b)    Dr Sharif confirmed that the Rutland SACRE website was now up and running and that she had received positive feedback from schools regarding the new site.

 

c)    Miss Waller reported that she had not, as yet, sent any letters to the schools but would like to know if any of the schools had applied for the RE Quality Mark ­before she wrote to them. 

 

Dr Sharif reported that she would ask if School Improvement Officers would include RE in their discussions with schools.

 

AGREED:

 

  1. Dr Sharif would check if the schools had applied for the RE Quality Mark and notify Miss Waller.

ACTION: Dr Rashida Shariff

  1. Miss Waller would visit Oakham Church of England Primary School following their recent OfSTED inspection and the good work done by the new Headteacher, Mr Cox.

ACTION: Miss Gale Waller

 

d)    Miss Narey confirmed that the wording in paragraph 4 on the first page of the Constitution had been amended from ‘elected’ to ‘appointed’.

 

e)    Dr Sharif confirmed that she had circulated the RE short course results for Catmose College.

 

f)     Miss Waller reported that no letters had been sent as they would have been about the 2014 RE results and not the 2015 RE results, which had now been received. 

 

AGREED:

 

  1. Miss Waller would send letters to the Headteachers of Uppingham Community College and Casterton College Rutland (née Casterton Business and Enterprise College) regarding their 2015 RE results.

ACTION: Miss Gale Waller

 

g)    Miss Narey reported that a ‘Completion Date’ column had been added to the Development Plan.

 

h)   Miss Waller confirmed that a meeting had taken place to discuss the OfSTED SACRE Self Evaluation Plan and would be discussed later in the meeting.

 

i)     Miss Waller reported that she would contact Northamptonshire SACRE board regarding her attendance at a future meeting as per their invitation.

ACTION: Miss Gale Waller

 

4.

OFSTED INSPECTION REPORTS

There have been no OfSTED school inspections since the last SACRE meeting.

Minutes:

No OfSTED inspection reports had been received since the last meeting.

 

5.

2015 RE Results

Minutes:

Details of the RE 2015 results for Catmose College, Casterton College, Rutland and Uppingham Community College were distributed to attendees by Dr Rashida Sharif.

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

a)    The results for 2015 were good.

b)    The RE short course would NOT be ending in 2016.

c)    The RE Studies course would NOT be renamed as ‘Philosophy & Ethics’.

 

AGREED:

 

1.    Cllr Waller would write to all 3 schools congratulating them on their RE results.

2.    Cllr Waller would lobby Sir Alan Duncan, MP for RE to be put on the humanities group of subjects as an option within secondary schools.

ACTION: Miss Gale Waller

 

6.

Schools' Staff Survey

Minutes:

Dr Sharif distributed to attendees a draft schools’ staff survey entitled ‘What can SACRE do for you?’

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

a)    The survey would be sent directly to all RE Co-ordinators with a 2-week completion date. 

b)    The paragraph ‘We are keen…’ should be amended to read ‘We are planning…’

c)    A text box should be added to ask for people’s preference for a network meeting – early December 2015 or January 2016?

d)    The survey should be on Rutland SACRE letterhead.

e)    The survey should state that the completed form must be returned to Dr Sharif.

 

AGREED:

 

1.    Dr Sharif would make the above amendments to the survey form.

2.    Dr Sharif and Mr Rawes would compile national comparative data for the next meeting.

ACTION: Dr Rashida Sharif and Mr Neil Hawes

 

7.

Election of Chair and Vice-Chair

The Chair and Vice-chair shall be chosen from the members of the Rutland SACRE and shall be elected at the first meeting in each academic year. 

 

Minutes:

It was proposed by Mrs Crellin that Miss Waller would continue in her role as Chair and that Mr Menzies should become the Vice-Chair.  The proposal was seconded by Mr Rawes.

 

AGREED:

 

1.    Miss Waller would be Chair of the Rutland SACRE for 2015-2016.

2.    Mr Menzies would be Vice-Chair of the Rutland SACRE for 2015-2016.

 

8.

SACRE Development Plan pdf icon PDF 104 KB

Identified additional key areas of action

Minutes:

An updated copy of the development plan was received from the Chair.

 

During discussion the following points were noted:

 

a)    Full membership had not been established but the meetings were now quorate. Completion date: summer 2015

b)    The Development Plan 2015/16 had been finalised.  Completion date: summer 2015 with some minor amendments.

c)    The Rutland SACRE Annual Report 2013/14 had been presented at the RCC People (Children) Scrutiny Panel in April 2015 for feedback.  Completion date: April 2015.

d)    The survey of schools would be carried out in the very near future.  Completion date: autumn 2015.

e)    A meeting to discuss the self-evaluation form had been held. Completion date: ongoing

f)     RE teachers’ network as yet to be established.  First meeting to be held early December 2015 or January 2016.  Completion date: ongoing

g)    Northamptonshire’s syllabus had not yet been agreed.  Completion date: ongoing.

h)   Rutland SACRE website had been established.  Completion date: summer 2015.

i)     SACRE conference: it was agreed not go ahead with the conference until the RE teachers’ network had been established.

j)      Assessment: changes to the RE curriculum had yet to be confirmed.  Completion date: ongoing. 

 

 

AGREED:

 

1.    Dr Sharif would use last year’s annual report to start drafting this year’s annual report.

2.    The annual report would include the following:

 

i)     Statements from Harington School ‘A’ Level RE pupils.  Dr Sharif to contact the Headteacher.

ACTION: Dr Rashida Sharif

ii)    Statements from the RE pupils at Ryhall Church of England Primary School, St. Mary and St. John Church of England Primary School, Brooke Hill Academy, Oakham Church of England Primary School and Empingham Church of England Primary School.  Miss Waller to contact the relevant Headteachers.

ACTION: Miss Gale Waller

iii)   A case study from Casterton College, Rutland.

ACTION: Mr Neil Rawes

iv)   A statement, including positive comments, regarding the agreed syllabus and the new website.

ACTION: Mrs Megan Davis

3.    Mrs Crellin would update/amend the self-evaluation form and email the first draft to members for comments.

ACTION: Mrs Barbara Crellin

 

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Mrs Barbara Crellin left the meeting at 5.58 p.m.

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9.

Feedback from the NASACRE Annual Conference pdf icon PDF 14 KB

Item carried forward from previous meeting.  Reports received from Andreas Menzies.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Mr Menzies gave a verbal update on his report to attendees on the NASACRE annual conference held on the 21st May 2015.

 

AGREED

 

1.    The NASACRE Annual Conference 2016 would be added to the next agenda.

AGENDA

 

10.

ANY URGENT BUSINESS

Minutes:

None

11.

Additional Meeting?

Discussion regarding the possible need for an additional meeting about the annual report

Minutes:

AGREED:

 

1.    An additional meeting would not be held at this moment in time but the Rutland SACRE Annual Report 2014/15 would be discussed at the next meeting. 

AGENDA

2.    Mr Rawes to ask Mr Carl Smith if he would present the Rutland SACRE Annual Report 2014/15 at the RCC People (Children) Scrutiny Panel on the 28th April 2016.  Dr Sharif would write the cover sheet for the scrutiny panel meeting.

ACTION: Mr Neil Rawes and Dr Rashida Sharif

 

12.

DATE OF NEXT MEETING:

The next meetings will be held on:

 

·         Tuesday, 12th January 2016

·         Tuesday, 5th April 2016

Minutes:

The dates of the next meetings were agreed as:

 

·         Tuesday, 12th January 2016

·         Tuesday, 5th April 2016

 

 

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The Chair declared the meeting closed at 6.17 p.m.

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