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Religious Education

Vision for our Religious Education Curriculum

At Henry Chichele Primary School (HCPS), we believe that Religious Education (RE) enables our children to develop into accepting and unprejudiced members of society. RE allows children to explore and understand their own values and beliefs and those of others in their immediate community and beyond.

The teaching of RE equips pupils with systematic knowledge and understanding of a range of religions and worldviews, enabling them to develop their ideas, values and identities. It develops in pupils an aptitude for dialogue, so that they can participate positively in society, with its diverse religions and worldviews.

Religious Education - SACRE

At HCPS, our Religious Education curriculum is in line with Northamptonshire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education 2018-2022, supported with planning by The Emmanuel Project. The curriculum taught to the children meets the agreed key learning points outlined in the Progression maps. RE is taught weekly as part of our broad and balanced curriculum.

Our goal for RE education is for children to gain an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the basis and impact of the world’s major religions, beliefs and worldviews.

In our RE curriculum, we aim for pupils to:

  • -develop Religious Literacy
  • - acquire and develop knowledge and understanding of Christianity and the other principal religions and world views represented in the United Kingdom.
  • - develop an understanding of the influence of beliefs, values and traditions on individuals, communities, societies and cultures;
  • - develop attitudes of respect towards other people who hold views and beliefs different from their own;
  • - develop the ability to make reasoned and informed judgements about religious issues, with reference to principal religions and world views represented locally and in the United Kingdom.

Our curriculum will allow children to deal with profound and difficult questions in human life in a way appropriate for their age and aptitude.

Throughout our RE curriculum, pupils will be encouraged to explore religions, engage with their own knowledge, and reflect on their learning and their lives.

Curriculum Map for RE

Please open the following file for an overview of our curriculum for RE.

RE Curriculum Overview

Assessment in RE

We are currently teaching a new scheme for RE, introduced to Northamptonshire for first teaching in 2025. It is a really exciting opportunity for our pupils to explore different Worldviews (both religious and non-religious) and ways of looking at the world, examining key questions in light of different views and beliefs.
Learning in RE is regularly assessed to ensure that pupils are making progress and building understanding of the beliefs of others and an appreciation and respect for different viewpoints. Pupils are assessed by means of ongoing teacher assessment in each lesson, to reinforce key vocabulary and key concepts within each topic (and worldview) studied. The units are based around a key question, which will encourage enquiry and will be explored in a variety of ways. For example in EYFS, pupils will consider what is special about the world, in Year 4, pupils will learn about the 5 pillars of Islam and how they help Muslims to live a good life and in Year 6, pupils will question whether we should be able to use the natural world as we wish.
At the end of a unit each term, pupils will complete an assessment which will encourage them to reflect on the key unit question and show what they have learned. This will be done in a variety of ways, depending on the year group and topic. This should build pupils' knowledge and understanding of the world and different beliefs and enable them to appreciate different ways of viewing the world and some of life's key questions.
These assessments will form the basis of the levels awarded at the end of each year for reports as we build up a picture of how the pupils are progressing.
If you have any further questions about assessment in RE, please feel free to contact Miss Cave, the RE lead.

Would like to know more?

Please contact our RE Lead, Miss V Cave, through our school office or by using the contact form.