Agenda item - SACRE Annual Report

Report of the Executive Director, Families, Children and Learning (copy attached).

RESOLVED: That the Committee –

(i)             Noted the SACRE report;

(ii)            Continued to support the profile of the teaching of RE in Brighton & Hove schools through cross party attendance at the meetings.

88.1    The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director Families Children & Learning which which outlined the work of SACRE from September 2021 – March 2022.

88.2     Councillor McNair noted that there had been a low response rate from schools to the survey on collective workshop and asked what support SACRE could provide to increase that. The Senior Advisor - Education Partnerships said that the low response rate could be due to the pressure schools were currently under after the pandemic, but things were now improving and hoped that the response rates going forward would improve.

88.3    Councillor Grimshaw noted that only six school had responded to the survey and asked which ones had not. The Senior Advisor - Education Partnerships said they didn’t have that information with them and would provide it after the meeting.

88.4    RESOLVED: That the Committee –

(i)             Noted the SACRE report;

(ii)            Continued to support the profile of the teaching of RE in Brighton & Hove schools through cross party attendance at the meetings.