Agenda and minutes

No apologies were noted.

No declarations of interest were received.

The Clerk informed SACRE the meeting was not quorate.

That the minutes of the meeting held on 7 July 2022, having been

circulated amongst the members, be taken as read and correctly recorded,

and be signed by the Chair.

The SACRE Annual Report had been circulated prior to the meeting.

Recommended – That comments regarding the SACRE Annual Report to be sent to J Taylor.

focus on Membership Key area 1b ; what actions will be taken

The SCARE Self-Assessment Tool had been circulated prior to the meeting.

Mrs J Taylor advised members the tool is provided by the National Association of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education (NASACRE). The tool had been created to help SACREs in their essential role to advise the Local Authority (LA) in meeting the entitlement of pupils across the LA to engage in high quality Religious Education (RE) and Collective Worship (CW) and to support the LA to reflect on its practice.

This toolkit is an amended version of the 2015 document. It takes account of changes in inspection arrangements and in the role of LAs, and of the development of maintained schools independent of their LA. It is designed to help individual SACREs evaluate their effectiveness, including considering their impact on pupils’ educational experience and learning. It also helps SACREs review their organisational patterns and structures, and their partnership with the LA and other key stakeholders.

Mrs J Taylor advised looking at section Key Area: 1b – SACRE meetings (How purposeful, inclusive, representative and effective are SACRE Meetings?. Currently using the self-assessment tool, the SACRE is ‘developing’.

Recommended – That (a) new members from different faith communities need to be included (b) the meetings to be held at different places of worship (c) current members be involved in promotion of the SACRE.

The Interfaith Week Activities leaflet had been circulated prior to the meeting, for information.

Recommended – That members attend various activities to network on behalf of the SACRE.

-       Schedule to be agreed

Monday, 23 February 2023, 4.30pm, at Conference Room, Church Square

House, Scunthorpe.