“Provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good. Most pupils make strong progress in religious education (RE)”. OFSTED December 2018.

Religious Education allows children to gain a depth of understanding and insight into the diversity of religions and beliefs in the world around them.  The aims of Religious Education at Ashbourne Hilltop Primary and Nursery School are:

• To ensure the children develop a broad understanding of different faiths and to promote their moral, spiritual and cultural development
• To encourage children to have respect and empathy for other peoples different needs, views, faiths, beliefs and cultures
• To allow the children to develop their own sense of Identity and belonging.

RE is taught weekly and is structured around The Derbyshire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education 2014-19 including the Humanist supplement 2017.

Derbyshire Agreed Syllabus for RE:

https://derby.anglican.org/education/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Derbyshire-Agreed-Syllabus-2014-2019-Final1.pdf

Derbyshire Agreed Syllabus – Humanist Supplement:

https://schoolsnet.derbyshire.gov.uk/news/derbyshire-agreed-syllabus-for-religious-education-re-humanist-supplement.aspx