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All Things Considered: RE: Time for a Rebrand

12/06/2022

RE: Time for a Rebrand

BBC Radio Wales - All Things Considered, RE: Time for a Rebrand

Delyth Liddell and guests discuss the rebranded RE school curriculum in Wales.

Delyth Liddell and guests discuss the new Religion, Values and Ethics curriculum for children in Wales.

This September as part of the new Curriculum for Wales, students across the country will be studying a new Religious Education syllabus. The rebranded 'Religion, Values and Ethics' curriculum is being rolled out on a gradual basis, and the first pupils will take a GCESE in the subject in 2025. Rebranding one of the oldest curriculum subjects is a significant step, and to discuss the issues Delyth Liddell is joined by four guests; Mary Stallard, lead bishop for Education in the Church in Wales, Kathy Riddick, Wales Humanists Coordinator, Jennifer Harding-Richards, RE Hub leader for Wales and Libby Jones from the St. Giles Centre in Wrexham. Together they discuss what is new and distinctive about this course, and how it marks a departure from the past. 

In Wales there's been a significant fall in students taking A-Level RE (748 entrants in 2023 compared to 1276 in 2019) and short courses GCSE entrants have decreased by 85% since 2010. Only 6 students have enrolled on a PGCE to teach Secondary RE this year.  Can the new curriculum turn this rather gloomy picture around?

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