What do primary teachers say about RE in their schools?
The results and findings from the 2022 NATRE Primary survey are in. Over 500 teachers were surveyed during the summer of 2022 to gather their views on RE in their schools.
Key highlights from the survey show:
· The number of schools where pupils are withdrawn is increasing. 23% of schools report some withdrawal from RE (18.6% in 2020. and 16% in 2018).
· 96% of schools report that they make provision for RE for all pupils in their school.
· More than 40% of teachers report that they received between 0 and 3 hours of training to teach RE in their initial teacher training. 20% received none.
· 63% of schools say some RE is being delivered by adults other than teachers (TAs/HLTAs etc.)
· In 28% of schools, RE receives no budget or no set budget and is 30% less funding than foundation subjects.
· In just under a third of schools (31.5%) insufficient time (less than 60 mins) is being spent on the teaching of RE to ensure that pupils make good progress.
· In 80% of schools, subject leaders receive some training but 25% of other teachers receive none and report reduced confidence.
· In over 30% of schools, time for RE increased and in 30% of these, Ofsted has cited as the main reason: inspection comments, the Framework, or the Research Review in RE.