Diocese of Blackburn | Diocese of Chester | Diocese of Liverpool
Monday 7th October 2024
Join us in the beautiful country house setting at Foxhill House, Frodsham
It’s with pleasure to announce our annual conference for the High School Heads of RE and their colleagues of our North West Diocesan High Schools on Monday 7th October, 2024. The conference will be hosted in the Chester Diocese, at Foxhill House & Woodlands.
We are delighted to introduce our keynote speaker, Dr Kathryn Wright. A leading figure in the world of RE and CEO at Culham St Gabriel’s Institute.
In response to Ofsted’s reports in the subject area over the last three years, Kathryn, along with Deborah Weston (board member of Religious Education Council), has been instrumental in developing a National Content Standard (NCS). Endorsed by a wide number of agencies, including the Church of England and Catholic Education Service, this provides a high standard of curriculum design and a continuity of quality provision across the country.
During the morning, Kathryn will be sharing the detail and purpose of the NCS and quality professional development for designing and evaluating your own curriculum within your context. She will also spend time addressing the ‘Personal Knowledge’ strand of the curriculum and its overlaps with spiritual development and reflexivity for students.
It is our intention to make this a very useful, inspiring and informative day, with opportunities for networking throughout the afternoon within our own diocesan network and with Heads of RE from the Dioceses across the North West.
The day will begin at 9:30am and concluding at 3:30pm. And ideal opportunity to come along with another staff member from your department or senior leaders with curriculum responsibilities. Places are limited. Accommodation is available at Foxhill on Sunday evening should you wish to take the opportunity for some time for reflection – you are required to book this directly with Foxhill.
Investment
£120, per booking, second booking half price (£60). Includes two-course lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
Meet our Keynote: Dr Kathryn Wright
Kathryn is the Chief Executive of Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, an endowed charitable foundation which champions religion and worldviews education. She taught RE in East London for several years, before becoming a local authority adviser. In 2005, she became a freelance consultant working with dioceses, universities, local authorities, and organisations to support curriculum and pedagogical development in the subject. She has been an RE Quality Mark assessor and SIAMS inspector. She is currently on the Board of the RE Council of England and Wales and sits as an observer on the NATRE and AULRE executives. Her doctoral research explored themes of hospitality and pedagogy in relation to RE in Church of England schools. She has written extensively, including a chapter on developing religious literacy in Mentoring religious education in the secondary school.