Jim Shannon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2016-01-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on religious education as a compulsory part of the school curriculum.

Nick Gibb

The government firmly believes in the importance of religious education (RE).

RE is a compulsory subject for all pupils up to the age of 18 in state funded schools. For schools without a religious character, the RE curriculum needs to reflect the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain.