Raising Aspirations

“Teachers deliver highly engaging, well-paced lessons that challenge pupils to think deeply, reflect on meaning, and explore different perspectives…They enjoy exploring religious and non-religious worldviews…”

SIAMS Report, October 2025

Religious Education is a core academic subject at Holy Trinity.  It is central to enabling pupils to flourish and prepare for the opportunities and responsibilities of later life.  We follow the ambitious syllabus provided by the London Diocesan Board for Schools (LDBS), which clearly sets out the substantive, disciplinary and personal knowledge needed to understand religious and non-religious world views and their significance in the world today.

Pupils learn about Christianity as a diverse, global, living faith.  All the world’s major faiths are also studied providing opportunities to recognise and value the multi-racial and multi-faith community, which we serve.  This is one way we teach pupils the British value of respect and tolerance for those of other faiths.

Reaching our Potential

Our Religious Education curriculum is demanding and requires pupils to engage meaningfully and critically with learning that helps them make sense of the multi-religious and multi-secular world in which they live.  Pupils grapple with complex ideas, explore questions of meaning and purpose, and develop religious literacy, which will enable them to develop their own religious or non-religious world view.  They do so through the lenses of theology, philosophy and social sciences.

Learning to Live Well Together

“Pupils say that RE helps them to understand different viewpoints and respect others in a multi-faith community.”

SIAMS Report, October 2025 

Religious Education explores questions of belief, meaning, identity and belonging, which are deeply personal and shaped by lived experience.  The C.A.R.E. framework – Curiosity, Ask Questions, Reflect, Explore Difference – ensures that pupils of all faiths and none are happy to contribute to class discussions and are comfortable with the fact that others may hold a completely different world view.

Religious Education is enriched through visits to a wide range of places of worship. Similarly, parents of all faiths and none are invited to come into class and share their religious practices or ways of marking life’s big moments with pupils.  These trips and visits bring learning to life and inspire pupils to think deeply about their own world views.

Parents have the right to withdraw their children all or any RE lessons.  However, this is a Church of England School and RE and Christian worship are fundamental parts of school life. Pupils who do not take part miss out on the community, shared messages and experiences that create a sense of belonging, whilst allowing them to develop their own world view.

Religious Education develops all pupils’ understanding of the British value of respect & tolerance for those of other faiths. Pupils at Holy Trinity speak highly of RE lessons and say that it helps them to understand their friends and develop more nuanced views.

If parents/carers do not want their child to attend RE lessons or worship they should really consider if Holy Trinity is the right fit for them and their child.