Primary RE CPD

The best RE is not afraid of controversy! This session will explore practical strategies for helping pupils engage in peaceful and productive discussion of contested issues in RE.

This one-day course will provide you with the knowledge and confidence to be an effective and inspirational RE subject leader in the primary school. Explore the role of the subject leader, using practical activities to develop your understanding of RE and your leadership and management skills. Focus on creative task setting, planning a scheme of work using your locally agreed syllabus or faith community guidelines, and effective and manageable monitoring and self evaluation. Leave feeling motivated, inspired and equipped with ready-to-use ideas to engage staff and pupils.

Why and how do people celebrate Christmas? Subject knowledge and effective and creative lesson ideas. A practical dip into Christmas using a sociological and a theological lens. Suitable for ECTs, Teachers, HLTAs and subject leaders.

Discover what the latest RE Ofsted report means for you, with an expert-designed free online short course to boost your understanding.

This self-led course on the RE Today Learning Zone gives a short introduction to the latest Ofsted report.

What’s in it for me?

• Increased knowledge of contributors to and features of quality RE.

• Increased understanding of Ofsted’s main findings and recommendations.

• An enhanced vision of the impact the report will have on your own practice.

Intended audience

Anyone who has an interest in the Ofsted report and the impact it may have, including school staff, governors, parents, SACRE members...

Time commitment

An average of 1.5 hours. The course can be paused and returned to at any point.

An introduction to oracy with a clear focus on using pupil speak to enhance understanding of Tier 3 subject-specific vocabulary in context and skills needed for strong verbal reasoning, dialogue and debate. This training builds on the findings and recommendations of the oracy Education Commission’s recent report We Need To Talk.

What is a religion and worldviews (RW) approach? How is it different from current RE practice? What are the benefits to teachers and pupils? This session offers a practical introduction to worldviews and explores what an RW approach means for subject content and how we teach it, as well as reflecting how it develops pupils' personal worldviews. Drawing on the 2024 RE Council Handbook and Frameworks, including resources and strategies, this session will show how to enrich and deepen pupils’ understanding of religious and non-religious worldviews.

Get the confidence and subject knowledge to teach about Christianity: Text Impact Connections through this tried and tested course which is supported by a substantial whole school teachers handbook.

Many locally agreed syllabuses include requirements for teaching Christianity that are directly supported by this resource. 

This resource supports good quality teaching about Christianity and can be used within the requirements of your syllabus guidelines.

The Christian faith is rich and diverse. This course will give you the opportunity to understand some of the diversity that exits within Christian beliefs and practices and give you practical ideas to help you represent this diversity in the primary classroom.

How can I ensure children are engaged in RE lessons? What strategies can I use to make sure pupils are inspired during RE? This session is packed with ready-to-use ideas for anyone wanting to engage pupils more fully in RE sessions. There will be a focus on the Spirited Arts competition 2025. Perfect for all primary practitioners who teach RE, including Early Career Teachers, Subject Leaders and Teaching Assistants; with a wide range of practical classroom ideas for primary RE, there will surely be something for everyone.