Am I correct that RE is compulsory to age 16?

[roisin]

Can anyone find me a link that 'proves' this? I've been searching unsuccessfully.

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Rx

its wank.

even i think its wring for them to waste time studying it and mine are in a catholic school. RE shoudl be the parents thing anyway.

and learning about other religeons could be done in that pile of indoctirnating shit wank waste of space blairite zombie state lesson called "citisenship" just give them some pills and read alduos huxley and have done

I have DS2's timetable on this computer somewhere but can't find it...however I am pretty confident that he does not do it in Y10 - it was a GCSE option which he did not choose.

It may figure in PSE(???) but that's all.

However I think all students in church schools (RC and CofE) do have to do it.

Custy

From milliways' link:

They don't have a lesson in each of those every week, do they? It's all PSE.

Well I suppose it's ok if it's all rolled into pse.

Some fo the stuff my ds is doing in pse is quite interesting, thought provoking stuff, actually which is more than I can say for RE

Parents' Centre website

There are a few anomalies here - eg sex ed, PE and RE are all listed under "Compulsory subjects" but then under "some courses that don't lead to a qualification" are listed sex ed and PE but not RE (and sex ed and RE "are compulsory, but not part of the National Curriculum" - WTF?)

Clear as mud, then. But I'm confident that DS2 doesn't do RE in Y10.

In RE they are taught critical thinking, an essential life skill.

But the most important thing they are taught is tolerance and questioning. My dh is head of RE at a mainly Moslem secondary school where they are taught in depth about questioning and finding out about all religions (inlcluding their own)

There is a very good reason RE is taught compulsorily - if it wasn't taught sensitively (the kids really really argue about their religions) then lots of parents would withdraw their children from the lessons - hence more intolerance, less understanding of other childrens religion, more children growing up with no understanding.

A subject where they are taken to a synagogue, mosque and a church (and a hindu retreat) and discover how to get along together in class in spite of their families religion can only be a good thing.

In this time of this god-awful war anything which increases tolerance can only be a good thing imo

Sorry if you all don't agree - I can't argue it well as dh has gone to bed so can't post about all the other things RE does for them.

Laurie, I don't disagree that they should continue to be taught about religion - just saying that my son isn't...I don't think...wish I could find his timetable.

He enjoyed RE a lot in Y7 and Y8 - lots of challenging discussions - but had a dull teacher in Y9 and lost interest. His school is mostly white-middle-class though so it's all a bit academic, sadly.

Not directed at you Wendy

No idea about year 10 either

While I may not think RE should be compulsory my lessons are thought provoking and interesting and most enjoy them and get a lot from them.

RS is a good subject. It teaches children to look at issues from other people's points of view, and to figure out where their own values lie - and essential life skill, IMO.

In what way, shape or form is "citisenship" (sic) a waste of space (expletives deleted)? Is being a good citizen a waste of space in your book? OK then. Hope I don't live near you.

At dd's school they all take a subject called "Philosophy and Belief" in Yr 10 and 11 because some parents didn't want their children to do R.E. They then do an exam worth half a GCSE. When they get the exam paper it is a Religious Studies exam.

It is in theory compulsory for all children to study RE.