E/CU3/9/1

File of correspondence regarding Religious Education Syllabus including:

1977 - 1987

From: 1977 To: 1987

- letter from the Bishop of St.Alban’s setting out a Resolution of the Diocesan Education Committee regarding religious education in schools, with Local Education Authority (LEA) reply; - General Advisor, RE’s comments on Religious Education Agreed Syllabus, Working Party report; - recommendations of Avon Education Service to its Education Committee on RE syllabus (kept as being important in Bedfordshire County Council (BCC) deliberations); - letter from Chief Education Officer (CEO) to Biggleswade area school heads asking for advice in drafting a new RE syllabus; - response of Northill Voluntary Primary School head as a school partially funded by Diocese of St.Alban’s; - letter from Christian Science Committee on Publication regarding deliberations on a new RE syllabus, with LEA response; - correspondence with Bishop of St.Alban’s regarding progress in drafting new RE syllabus; - first interim report on agreed RE syllabus trial in certain Biggleswade and Luton area schools; - issues for consideration in a trial of the Cheshire Agreed RE Syllabus; - Report of School Trial of Cheshire Agreed Syllabus 1978/80; - outline agenda of final meeting regarding Agreed Syllabus Trial; - report to Schools & Special Services Sub-Committee on Trial; - notes of Agreed RE Syllabuses in seven counties; - list of questions to ask of any Agreed Syllabus; - Proposals for Supplementary Papers to be issued together with the Proposed Agreed Syllabus at the Date of Publication (Hertfordshire County Council report used in Bedfordshire deliberations); - Hertfordshire Draft Agreed Syllabus of Religious Education; - Hertfordshire Introduction to Report on Religious Education; - agenda for meeting of Bedfordshire Deputy Chief Education Officer (DCEO) with Hertfordshire officer regarding Agreed Syllabus; - Hertfordshire resumé of the process by which the Syllabus and Supplement reached their present form; - notes of meeting of Bedfordshire DCEO and Hertfordshire officer regarding Agreed Syllabus; - memo to CEO regarding Agreed Syllabus; - notes on Agreed Syllabus in Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire; - draft paper on RE in schools; - correspondence regarding timing of contemplation of a new Agreed Syllabus; - report - “Bases For Experimental Development in RE” (John Howard Upper School, Bedford, and three Luton high schools); - draft proposals by RE Advisor for Supplementary Sections supporting the Hertfordshire Agreed Syllabus for use in Bedfordshire; - confidential aide-memoire on Agreed Syllabus Working Party, mainly on necessary members; - notes of meetings of Working Party to Review Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education (comprising teachers and representatives of religious bodies/faiths) 1983-1984; - list of members of Working Party; - briefing for CEO on Working party and agenda of meeting; - background briefing paper on Working Party, including brief notes on standpoint and known views of members and issues that may arise; - programme planning in schools regarding Agreed Syllabus, specifically for 4+-7 years, 7-10 years and 10-14 years age groups; - report of CEO to Schools & Special Services Sub-Committee regarding Agreed Syllabus; - note on Agreed Syllabus issues to make clear; - Religious Education: Proposed Revised Agreed Syllabus; - list of numbers of Agreed Syllabus needed for LEA educational establishments; - Bedfordshire Agreed Syllabus - A Planning Guide for Religious Education; - agenda for Agreed Syllabus conference at Maryland College, Woburn, delegates comprising persons representing: teachers; Church of England; other religious denominations; and LEA (including councillors, otherwise largely the members of the Working Party, see above); - drafts and final version of LEA statement regarding publication of Agreed Syllabus; - minutes on Agreed Syllabus from Schools & Special Services Sub-Committee and Education Committee; - calendar of events regarding Agreed Syllabus; - BCC press notice regarding introduction of Agreed Syllabus; - notes regarding launch of Agreed Syllabus; - programme of events in BCC Religious Education Month; - correspondence with Waltham Forest Borough Council and Buckinghamshire County Council, both of which adopted Bedfordshire Agreed Syllabus

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Bishop of St.Albans,
Bedfordshire County Council,
Chief Education Officer,
Bedfordshire Education Committee,
Buckinghamshire County Council

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