Poll: Should RE still be compulsory in schools?
After it was revealed that around one in four schools are failing to meet their legal duty to give GCSE students religious education lessons, we want to know what you think.
A surey by the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education claims that many secondary schools are cutting back on specialist RE teachers, leaving pupils being taught by staff who are not experts in the subject.
RE has been "edged out" of schools by government reforms and students are losing out, it said.
Overall, 26% of schools are not meeting their legal obligation to teach RE to pupils taking their GCSEs. This is down slightly from 33% who said the same last year, according to the findings, based on a survey of teachers at 580 schools.
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