As a Church of England School, we affirm and value every member of our school community. We recognise each child and adult as unique and special to God and have a commitment and responsibility to provide the best possible education for our pupils within a caring Christian community.

Education at St. Mary’s reflects our distinctive Christian character and makes a strong contribution to the pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. It also reflects and promotes the school’s Christian values which encourage respect for all cultures and faiths and those of no faith. We wish to respond to the diverse range of gifts and abilities found within our community, so that each individual may be helped to grow in confidence, knowledge and awareness. Excellence, enjoyment and high personal achievement will always be pursued.

The purpose of Religious Education is to enable pupils to become religiously literate; to have the ability to hold balanced and informed conversations about religions and beliefs. Spirituality is supported and encouraged in all our children and promoted across the curriculum. Along with daily collective worship, RE provides space for children to reflect on their own ideas and develop their thoughts about questions of meaning and ethics..

As a Church of England school, different faiths, along with Christianity are an important part of the RE curriculum.

Through learning, debate and questioning, along with gaining knowledge and understanding, children are being equipped to handle issues in their lives, and preparing them the next steps in their lives and for the workplace and adult life.

Throughout the school, an enquiry approach is used to teach Religious Education using Discovery RE and Understanding Christianity frameworks for the children’s learning.

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