Understanding beliefs, values and the ways people make sense of the world
At North Mead, RE helps children understand religious and non-religious worldviews and how these shape beliefs, practices, identity, community and responses to life’s big questions. Our curriculum follows the Leicester Agreed Syllabus and takes a worldviews approach.
RE at North Mead
- Know about religion and worldviews.
- Understand how beliefs are lived.
- Think, compare, interpret and respond.
What children learn
| Phase | What children learn |
| EYFS | People, communities, stories, celebrations, belonging, special places and similarities and differences. |
| Year 1 | Foundational encounters with religion and worldviews, belief, belonging, stories and lived experience. |
| Year 2 | Sacred texts, beliefs and connections; how beliefs, values and practices are expressed. |
| Year 3 | Expression and experience: worship, caring for others, senses, and religious or spiritual experiences. |
| Year 4 | Why communities matter: pilgrimage, local religious and worldview communities, and school-designed study. |
| Year 5 | Commitment, promises and meaning: new life, commitment, marriage, death and afterlife. |
| Year 6 | Big questions: belief in God, good and evil, suffering, morality, caring for the world, peace and pupils’ own developing worldview. |
Depth, diversity and lived religion
RE is not taught as a sequence of disconnected festivals. Children study beliefs, texts, practices, communities and lived experience in enough depth to recognise diversity within as well as between traditions.
Local Leicester context
Leicester’s diverse communities provide a rich context for visits, visitors, local faith and worldview studies and first-hand experiences.
| External Resource/Organisation | Link |
| Leicester Agreed Syllabus Coverage | Leicester City Council Religious Education |
Link to RE SACRE
Related North Mead Pages
- Our Curriculum
- British Values
- Protected Characteristics
Right of withdrawal
In the UK, parents still have the right to withdraw their children from RE/RME on the grounds that they wish to provide their own religious education. (School Standards and Framework Act 1998 S71 (3)). This will be the parents’ responsibility. However, it is good practice to talk to parents to ensure that they understand the aims and value of RE before honouring this right.
To discuss this please contact Mr Burpitt or Mrs Hopfl via the school office.