SACRE (Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education)

Purpose

The Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) is constituted by law to advise Sheffield City Council. It has the following duties:

• To convene an Agreed Syllabus Conference to revise and recommend to us a local Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education (RE) for all maintained schools age 4 to 19 in Sheffield.
• Monitor the provision of RE in Sheffield schools, preparing an annual report to us and the National Association of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education.
• Advise Sheffield schools on Collective worship and consider requests from Head teachers for a determination to lift the requirement for it to be in the main Christian.
• Advise Sheffield Schools on matters related to Religious Education and Collective Worship that arise from time to time
• Support Community Cohesion within the city.