Legal requirement
"The legal requirements relating to religious education are set out in the Education Acts 1996 and the Education Standards and Framework Act 1998.
The main requirements are that:
• religious education should be provided for all registered pupils in schools;
• what is taught in religious education in county maintained and voluntary controlled schools must be in accordance with the locally agreed syllabus;
• an agreed syllabus must 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 the country;
• what is taught must not be distinctive of any particular religious denomination,
though these may be studied.
As part of the basic curriculum, religious education should promote pupils' broader personal development....."
Religious Education in Cambridgeshire: The Agreed Syllabus 2002
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