• HMI at RE Subject Network

    HMI at RE Subject Network

    Around 20 Secondary RE teachers were able to attend the recent  RE Subject Network Meeting at Edge Hill.  We are fortunate to welcome Alan Brine, HMI for RE, who talked us through the findings of the latest Ofsted Report into RE RE: Realising The Potential.  This is a key report for RE and comes at a very important…

  • Free School Visit

    Free School Visit

    Year 1 students recently visited a very unusual school to stimulate their thoughts about the purpose of education.  The Maharishi Free School in Skelmersdale was formerly an independent school before transferring into the state sector to become a free school. The school has a very distinctive educational philosophy – developed out of the teachings of…

  • BBC at Edge Hill

    BBC at Edge Hill

    Two members of the production team from BBC Religion and Ethics, Nick Holden Sim and Charlotte Hindle, recently came and spoke to Undergraduate Secondary RE students at Edge Hill. The BBC is making a series of 10 minute films for the Learning Zone for use in KS4 RE classes. The films will follow a group of six…