Legal requirements
The Leeds Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) was established in 1996 as required by the 1988 Education Reform Act.
SACREs are responsible in law for advising local education authorities on RE teaching and collective worship. It can require the Local Authority to review its agreed syllabus for RE. If this is required, then the Local Authority must constitute an Agreed Syllabus Conference to undertake this. This involves the same groupings as a SACRE.
Religious Education is not part of the National Curriculum but must be taught in schools by law. The syllabus has to be produced locally and is known as the agreed syllabus.
Membership
It is composed of four representative groups:
- Christian denominations, other than Church of England, and representatives of other faiths
- The local Church of England
- Teachers' associations
- Councillors
Leeds SACRE's aims
- To promote a high quality agreed syllabus
- To help teachers and school to raise standards in RE and the quality of RE teaching
- To help schools improve the quality of collective worship
To contribute towards social cohesion, particularly in respect of improving religious and racial harmony within the community
Leeds SACRE Annual Report
You can download the annual report in pdf format from this page.
Calendar of religious festivals
2007
2008
Meetings
SACRE meets about three times a year and publishes its agendas and annual report on this website.
SACRE meets at The Civic Hall, Leeds.
Contact
Clerk to SACRE,
Governance Services
Civic Hall,
Leeds LS1 1UR
tel: (0113) 224 3836
or email using the link on this page.