Are children in CofE schools exposed to narrow religious teaching?
The Church considers it essential that children learn about the major faiths represented in Britain today as well as having a sound grounding in Christian faith and belief. Therefore, all RE syllabuses taught in church schools are multi-faith and require students to learn about at least the six major world faiths. The recent non-statutory Framework for RE reinforces this requirement. Voluntary Controlled schools teach RE according to the local Agreed Syllabus – the same syllabus used by community schools. Voluntary Aided schools sometimes use this local syllabus, but mostly use the syllabus developed by their diocese, which will be based on the commitment above to teaching about a range of faiths.
