Religious Education Learning Journey

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A parent or carer of a student can request that their child is wholly or partly excused from receiving RE in the school in accordance with the school’s basic curriculum

Parents who wish to withdraw their child from all or part of the school’s RE curriculum do not have to provide a reason. The school must comply with their request, although a school should ensure parents or carers are informed of this right and are aware of the educational objectives and content of the RE syllabus.

If a student is withdrawn from RE, schools have a duty to supervise them, though not to provide additional teaching or to incur extra cost. Students removed from RE lessons will remain on school premises. Parents are not permitted to supervise their child during these lessons.

The rules that apply to withdrawing students from RE lessons do not apply to other lessons that look at religion. Therefore, a student cannot be withdrawn from any National Curriculum subject, even if they teach about religion, other than RE. Parents can also excuse their child from some aspects of sex and relationship education (RSE) within the PSHE curriculum, however, this is up until three terms before your child turns 16. After this point your child can choose if they would like to take part in RSE.

If you think you would like to discuss withdrawing your child from RE lessons or an element of sex and relationship education (RSE), please contact the school at office@ahs.omegamat.co.uk for the attention of the Head Teacher