St Gregory's RE

The RE curriculum 'To know you more clearly’ is gradually being rolled out across the primary and secondary sector but we have chosen to begin this now across our school, well in advance of the 2026 statutory deadline for implementation. This gives us time to fully understand the new expected outcomes and ensure that our curriculum is sequential and progressive.

The framework has four structural elements:

Knowledge lenses which indicate what should be known by the end of each age phase. These are split into hear, believe, live and celebrate.

The ‘ways of knowing’ are the skills which develop as the children progress through their curriculum journey. These are split into understand, discern and respond.

Expected outcomes are set for each age phase and indicate what pupils are expected to know, remember and be able to do.

Curriculum branches are the way the programme of study presents its model curriculum. There are six half term branches which are the same in each year group:

Autumn 1- Creation and Covenant - Encounter the God who creates and calls all people with a focus on the accounts of Creation.

Autumn 2- Prophecy and Promise - Explore the expectant waiting for the Messiah through the Advent season.

Spring 1- Galilee to Jerusalem - Experience the ministry of Jesus and the Word of God. They will learn through parables, encounters, miracles and teachings.

Spring 2- Desert to Garden - Study the season of Lent and its culmination in the events of Holy Week.

Summer 1- To the ends of the Earth- Study the events that flowed from the Resurrection and Ascension in the coming of the Holy Spirit and the work of the apostles and early Church.

Summer 2- Dialogue and Encounter - Learn how Christians work together with people of different religious backgrounds, building an understand that all people work towards a common good and should respect all humanity.

At the moment, we are in a state of transition between the old and new framework. We are on an exciting journey and have started to implement the new framework 'To Know You More Clearly' from Reception all the way to Year 4.  We continue to use 'The Way, The Truth and The Life' for Year 5 and Year 6 while the Religious Education Directory (RED) is being rolled out systematically. The school delivers Religious Education lessons for 10% of the overall curriculum time.