Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)

 

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

 

2.00 pm  Priory, Room 2F Centre Block, County Hall  - County Hall, Lewes

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

Cllr Colin Belsey

Rosemary Roberts

Felicity Harvest

Cllr Trevor Webb

Dr Norman Williamson

Laura Cooper

Cllr Abul Azad

Pamela Hartog

Paul Holt

Cllr Steve Murphy

Elizabeth Coleman

Cllr Anne Cross

Andrew Jervis

Peter White

 

Also attending:

Karen Sitwell-Cook

 

 Barry Blakelock (RE Consultant); Claire Ramalli (RE Adviser); Claire Rivers (Primary Lead); Rebecca Harmer (Clerk)

 

A G E N D A

 

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1.  

Welcome & apologies 

a)    Declarations of any conflicts of interest

b)    Welcome and introduction of new members

 

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2.  

Holocaust Education Charity: Generation 2 Generation (G2G) 

 

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3.  

Minutes of the meeting 3rd June 2025 & matters arising 

 

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4.  

SIAMs feedback 

 

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5.  

Update on Network meetings 

     a) Secondary

     b) Primary

     c) Special Schools

 

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6.  

Updates from Claire Ramalli 

a)         Programme of school visits (feedback and 25/26 visits)

b)         Westhill Bid & Venues

 

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7.  

Updates from Barry Blakelock  (Pages 3 - 84)

a)    Budget update (paper)

b)    Self-evaluation: Section 5 (paper)

c)    Development Plan (paper)

d)    Review NASACRE Handbook and SACRE Induction Manual (November 2023) (two papers)

e)    Agreed Syllabus 2022 – Formal mid-point review/self-review (paper) 

 

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8.  

a) Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion  (Pages 85 - 322)

b)    SACRE membership and Induction (paper)

c)    Updates from NASACRE

-       Oak National Academy (two papers)

-       Ofsted Framework (paper)

-       In Conversation Online Event  6th November 6pm/9th March 6pm

-       Curriculum Review ‘Building a world class curriculum for all’ (two papers)

 

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9.  

Any other business  (Pages 323 - 326)

-      Advice for SACREs about Local Government Reorganisation (paper)

-      Encouraging School Speaker Visits

 

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PHILIP BAKER

Deputy Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                    11 November 2025

 

Contact Rebecca Harmer, Service Support Officer,

07519 276005

Email: rebecca.harmer@eastsussex.gov.uk

 

 

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