Agenda

Venue: Virtual Meeting

Contact: Andrea Todd 

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 110 KB

Minutes of the meeting of the Northumberland Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE), held on 18 November 2020, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record, and signed by the Chair.

3.

DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest, (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest), they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any  personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code of Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room.

 

N.B. Any member needing clarification must contact the Legal Services Manager on 01670 623324. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

 

4.

AN UPDATE OF CONTACTS WITH SCHOOLS AND TRAINING PROVISION

To receive an update from Caroline Weir, Part-time RE Consultant about the provision of RE in-service training and contacts with schools since the last related meeting. 

5.

NORTHUMBERLAND SACRE NEWSLETTER pdf icon PDF 557 KB

(a)  To receive a copy of the 42nd issue of the Northumberland SACRE newsletter, dated January 2021.

 

(b)  To consider the arrangements for the contents to be included in the next edition, Issue No.43, of the SACRE newsletter (for April 2021).

 

Reminder any copy documents in word format to be sent to Dave Cookson in the first instance for inclusion in the next edition of the SACRE newsletter – issue No.43 for April 2021.

6.

AGREED SYLLABUS UPDATE

To provide an update.

7.

STATUTORY ANNUAL NORTHUMBERLAND SACRE REPORT FOR 2019/20 ACADEMIC YEAR pdf icon PDF 399 KB

To receive a copy of the (draft) statutory annual report of Northumberland SACRE, for consideration and approval.  (Report attached as Appendix A).

8.

NORTHUMBERLAND SACRE ACTION PLAN JANUARY 2019 TO DECEMBER 2021 pdf icon PDF 154 KB

To monitor the Northumberland SACRE Action Plan January 2019-December 2021 and points raised following the School Survey about RE and Collective Worship.  (Attached as Appendix B).

9.

URGENT BUSINESS (IF ANY)

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.