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Hampshire County Council

SACRE

2 November 2004

OFSTED findings on RE in Hampshire Schools 2003-4

Report of the County Education Officer

ITEM 5

Contact: Clive Erricker - County Inspector - RE (02392 441459)

    1. Summary

    1.1 The attached appendices summarise the findings of OFSTED inspections in relation to Religious Education in Hampshire schools in 2003-4.

    1.2 The OFSTED inspection framework changed in January 2000 and this has an impact on the data available. In particular, schools that have a consistent profile of good performance now receive a `short' OFSTED inspection that does not include a detailed analysis of individual subjects. Therefore, we do not have OFSTED data on the quality and provision of Religious Education in schools that are given a `short ` inspection. Since these schools tend to be those with the better overall performance this may have some impact on the statistics about Religious Education. This may, also, have had some impact on the number of schools in which Religious Education was inspected in 2002-3, compared to previously. However, 68 schools were inspected on the quality of provision in RE in 2003-4 compared to 37 in 2002-3.

    1.3 Over the past year the SACRE Monitoring Sub-Group has met on three occasions. The members of the sub-group have examined the detail of all the secondary, special and primary phase school reports. Schools that have received highly positive reports have been sent a letter of commendation. Schools about which there are concerns in relation to Religious Education are being followed up by either the County Religious Education Team or the relevant attached inspector.

    1.4 The appendices include:

Appendix 1: RE in Primary Phase Schools

Appendix 2: RE in Secondary Schools

Appendix 3: RE in Special Schools

Recommendation

That SACRE consider and note the report.

Background Papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an informal part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB: The list excludes:

    1. Published works

    2. Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act

    3. OFSTED inspection reports on Hampshire schools.