Aims
and Purposes of HSACRE
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(i)
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Advise the Local Authority on matters connected with Religious
Education.
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(ii)
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Keep
under review the Agreed Syllabus for Religious
Education.
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(iii)
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Advise upon the daily act of collective worship and to consider
requests for a determinationof the statutory
arrangements.
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Key
Documents (for official use or download)
Constitution – this sets out how the Advisory Council
and its meetings operate.
Determinations Guidance - set out how schools could apply
to HSACRE for determination if they felt that the legal requirement
for collective worship that was wholly or mainly of broadly
Christian character was not appropriate for their pupils.
Determinations Application Form – for schools to use
to allow provision of collective worship that is other than
“wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian
character.”
Guidance for Headteachers and Governing Bodies - Authorising Pupil
Absence for Religious Observance. This document has the
status of advice and provides overarching guidelines which schools
may use in identifying absences for religious observance for pupils
that should be authorised.