DD is yr 9, going into yr 10. She's very interested and engaged in questions of philosophy, ethics etc, and has always had good reports/results in RS.
But, both this year and last, one of her fortnightly RS lessons has been taught by a vicar who doubles as a part time teacher to help out because of staff shortages (he became a vicar after retiring from teaching). DD has found it very frustrating, in that essentially he uses the RS lesson as a vehicle for Christian teaching.
They're now going into year 10, have just started their GCSE timetable for the last weeks of term, and she's found out that they'll have him as their only RS teacher now for the next two years.
She's considering asking us to request her withdrawal from RS - just wondering if any others have done this, and if there are any drawbacks I haven't thought of. (FWIW her set are going to do the full course GCSE within their compulsory RS lesson times, so she would lose one GCSE, but they have plenty, and written subjects aren't a particularly strong point for her.)