2. Assessment
Apply
Applying is easy, click here.
Once you've applied, an invoice will be sent to your school. Once the school has made payment, an assessor will be assigned to you.
Your assessor
All our assessors are friendly, trained professionals, who, like you, are passionate about RE. They want to celebrate the work you are doing and help you discover how to improve.
They can answer questions about evidence and award levels but they can’t work with you on the evidence form. Your assessor will get in touch and arrange a date for your award visit (online or in person). This will be when the assessment of all the evidence takes place.
Your Assessment
Once you’ve gathered all your evidence, you are ready for your assessment.
Each award assessment takes up to two hours 15 minutes and the programme is as follows:
- Meeting a group (or groups) – of pupils for 30 minutes
- Discussion with the RE subject leader about the criteria and the school evidence form – 1 hour
- Time for the assessor to view evidence and note progress – 30 minutes
- Meeting with the headteacher (or a member of the senior leadership team responsible for RE) – 15 minutes
3. Celebrate!
Receiving your Award
We’ll be in touch after your assessment to let you know if you have received an award and at what level. You’ll receive a certificate, a logo for your website and social media, and feedback from your assessor.
The award is valid for up to three years, but your school can reapply at any time.
Tell The World
Achieving the award is a great opportunity to celebrate. The REC can help you to share the news of your great RE.
As well as putting the news on your school website, and social media you could also send news of the award to local and regional newspapers, TV and radio stations, and local council newsletters. Your local Standing Advisory Council on RE (SACRE) would want to know about your success, and you could present your work at a meeting. If you are a school with a religious affiliation or foundation, your school’s education provider will also want to celebrate with you.
You might also want to hold a celebration event for the school community. This is what some schools have organised:
- A celebration assembly
- An RE focus day
- Visits to their feeder schools
- An Open Day for RE
- Presentation to the governing body
