Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE)
Education resources: Coventry and Warwickshire Agreed Syllabus
- Warwickshire and Coventry Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
- SACRE Additional Units
- Non-statutory units of work
- RE Today support materials
- Additional resources to implement the syllabus
Visit the SACRE page for annual reports, meeting minutes and more information.
1. Warwickshire and Coventry agreed syllabus for Religious Education
The Agreed Syllabus sets out what pupils should be taught in religious education (RE) from ages 3 to 19. All maintained schools have a statutory duty to provide a broad and balanced curriculum which includes RE. Maintained schools without a religious character are required to teach RE to all registered pupils in accordance with the Locally Agreed Syllabus. Academies and free schools are also required through the terms of their funding agreement to make provision for the teaching of RE. They can choose to use the locally agreed syllabus but are not required to do so. It is a legal requirement for the Local Authority to review the Agreed Syllabus every 5 years. The review is overseen by an Agreed Syllabus Conference (ASC), which has a similar membership to the SACRE. The Syllabus for Warwickshire and Coventry schools was published in 2017. All documents are available to download below. For copyright reasons, these documents are protected by a password that we are only allowed to share with Warwickshire and Coventry schools. If you represent a school in Warwickshire or Coventry and would like to access these documents, please use the form below to request the password.
New syllabus coming for September 2024
Agreed syllabus 2017-2022 (password protected)
2. SACRE additional units
- KS1 - What can we learn from the life of the Buddha? (PDF, 205 KB)
- KS2 - What does it mean to be a Buddhist in Britain today? (PDF, 212 KB)
- KS3 - Does Hinduism help people to be good? (PDF, 201 KB)
- KS3 - Reconciliation, forgiveness and loving one's enemies (PDF, 285 KB)
- KS3 - What does Hinduism teach about the nature of God and ways to show devotion to God? (PDF, 282 KB)
- KS3 - What does Hinduism teach about the nature of God? Appendix (PDF, 219 KB)
Peace and Reconciliation Units
These ‘Peace and Reconciliation’ units for Primary have been developed in conjunction with Coventry Cathedral and offer a chance for schools to bring a local flavor to their RE curriculum. The lessons can be incorporated into, or substituted for, lessons/activities in the existing Coventry and Warwickshire RE Syllabus unit of work, as the teacher sees fit, to bring a peace and reconciliation theme to your RE.
These units are password-protected. To request the password, please contact Stephen Height on 01926 745100.
- Overview_Peace and Reconciliation Links in the Coventry and Warwickshire Agreed Syllabus
- 1.1 Peace and Reconciliation - Who is a Christian and what do they believe?
- 1.2 Peace and Reconciliation - Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?
- 1.2 Peace and Reconciliation in the Quran
- 1.2 Ummah and The Five Pillars of Islam
- 1.2 Yusuf and Binyamin Reconciliation Moment
- 1.3 Peace and Reconciliation - Who is Jewish and what do they believe?
- 1.3 Forgiveness - Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah
- 1.3 Torah Scroll with Yad Pointer
- 1.4 Peace and Reconciliation - What can we learn from sacred books?
- 1.4 Jacob and Esau Images
- 1.5 Peace and Reconciliation - What makes some places sacred?
- 1.5 Coventry Cathedral Mystery Activity Pupil Task Sheet
- 1.5 Coventry Cathedral Mystery Activity Summary Sheet
- 1.5 Coventry Cathedral Mystery Activity Teacher Instruction Sheet
- 1.5 Coventry Cathedral Mystery Activity
- 1.5 Coventry Cathedral Symbols of Peace and Reconciliation
- 1.5 The Coventry Litany of Reconciliation
- 1.7 Peace and Reconciliation - Faith community
- 1.7 Community of the Cross of Nails
- 1.7 Peace and Forgiveness in the Guru Granth Sahib
- 1.8 Peace and Reconciliation - How should we care for others?
- 1.8 The Beatitudes Matthew 5
- 1.8 The Ten Commandments Exodus 20
- 2.2 Peace and Reconciliation - Why is the Bible important?
- 2.2 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Four-Fold Path of Forgiveness
- 2.2 John Paul Lederach Model of Reconciliation
- 2.2 P and R Bible Stories - Questions for Jigsawing
- 2.3 Peace and Reconciliation - Why is Jesus inspiring to some people?
- 2.3 Forgiveness and Reconciliation Scenarios for Christians
- 2.4 Peace and Reconciliation - Why do people pray?
- 2.4 Images for Litany of Reconciliation Godly Play-Child Friendly
- 2.4 Litany of Reconciliation Godly Play - child-friendly version
- 2.4 The Coventry Litany of Reconciliation
- 2.7 Peace and Reconciliation - What does it mean to be a Christian?
- 2.7 Create a Christian Charity
- 2.7 Debate - Being a Christian means being a peacemaker and reconciler
- 2.8 Peace and Reconciliation - What does it mean to be a Hindu?
- 2.8 Mahatma Gandhi
- 2.9 Peace and Reconciliation - What can we learn from religions?
- 2.9 The Lord's Prayer
- 2.9 The Ten Commandments Exodus 20
- Managing Difficult Conversations
3. Non-statutory units of work (password protected)
- Unit 1.4 - Who is a Muslim? (PDF, 747 KB)
- Unit 1.9 - Who is a Hindu and how do they live? (PDF, 538 KB)
- Unit 1.10 - Who is a Sikh and how do they live? (PDF, 747 KB)
- Unit U2.9 - What does it mean to be a Sikh in Britain today? (PDF, 747 KB)
- Unit L2.4 - Why do people pray? (PDF, 637 KB)
- Unit U2.7 - Christians and Humanists (PDF, 508 KB)
4. RE Today support materials (password protected)
- Coventry and Warwickshire RE Syllabus 2017 Launch Workbook (PDF, 779 KB)
- Coventry and Warwickshire RE Syllabus 2017 Launch Workbook (DOCX, 2.4 MB)
- RE Blank Unit Planner 2017 (DOCX, 93 KB)
- Sample Long-Term Plan (DOCX, 81 KB)
- Session 1 Coventry Warwickshire launch July 2017 (PPT, 1.2 MB)
5. Additional resources to implement the syllabus
Additional resources are available to support schools in implementing the Agreed Syllabus. Three extra primary units of work will be available free for all schools in September. In addition to this, RE Today has developed a Scheme of Work for all the key questions, to exemplify excellent teaching and learning and support schools in their classroom practice. If schools wish to order this scheme of work or receive the extra free primary units, please complete the order form below and return it to sales@retoday.org.uk.