Religious Education
Subject Leader - Mrs Catharine Young
Link Governor - Mr Patrick Weaver
Curriculum Intent
Through our RE teaching at St. John's, we aim to:
- To create a non-judgemental environment where children can explore and develop the concept of, and their relationship with, God.
- To form and develop an independent mind in relation to moral and social issues.
- To encourage self-reliance, self-discipline and self-respect.
- To have respect of ways of life, opinions and ideas different from one’s own, including other cultures and religions.
- To relate all the above to the Catholic ethos of the school, home and Parish community.
Religious Education Curriculum
It is the policy of Bishop Bosco of the Diocese of Clifton that the whole curriculum is designed to enable pupils to grow in every way to Christian maturity. We use Diocesan planning to support the delivery of the curriculum.
This is informed by the Diocese's advice and planning for the new RED. For more detail on this, see our RE policy in the policy section of the website.
The new Religious Education Directory (RED) is now fully in place . We started the new curriculum in September 2023 and as of September 2025 all year groups are following it:
EYFS - EYFS
Years 1 and 2 (Year 2 in 2025/26)
Year 3 and 4 (Year 3 in 2025/26)
Year 5 and 6 (Year 5 in 2025/26)
The curriculum is on a two year rolling programme in line with other core subjects at the school.
The new RED can be found in full here.
The term by term plan is:
Term 1 - Creation & Covenant
Term 2 - Prophecy & Promise
Term 3 - Galilee to Jerusalem
Term 4 - Desert to Garden
Term 5- To the Ends of the Earth New
Term 6 - Dialoogue & Encouter
Relationships and Sex Education
The program we use for Relationship and Sex Education Programme is a scheme approved by the Diocese called Life to the Full by Ten:Ten .
You can read our RSE Policy in the policy section of the website.
Camino Partnership
We work closely with the Camino Partnership in all areas of RE and Catholic Life.
Find out more about it here