Merton Council

Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

Group A: Christian, Other Faiths and Beliefs

Buddhism / Mr P Lom
Free Churches / Mr P Kendrick (Deputy Mrs S Rogers)
Hinduism / Mrs G Maheshwaran
Humanism / Ms A King
Islam / Mr S Sheikh (Deputy Mr M Khan)
Judaism / Mr M Freedman
Roman Catholic Church / Mr W Doris
Sikhism / Mr B Singh

Group B: Church of England

Ms H Fahey
Mr C Powell
Reverend R Skinner

Group C: Teacher Associations

ATL / Mr N McManus
NASUWT / Vacancy
Voice / Vacancy
NUT / Mr R Kay-Kreizman
NAHT/SHA / Ms K Seamer

Group D: Local Authority

Councillor Laxmi Attawar
Councillor Nick Draper
Councillor Miles Windsor

Co-opted Members

Baiha’i Faith / Tahirih Danesh
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association / Mr Nasseem Ahmad Bajwa

A meeting of the Merton SACRE will be held on:

Date: 9 October 2012

Time: 7.15 pm

Venue: Committee Rooms B/C, First Floor, Merton Civic Centre

This is a public meeting and attendance by the public is encouraged and welcomed. For more information about the agenda and the decision making process contact For more information about Merton, visit www.merton.gov.uk

Press enquiries: or telephone 020 8545 3181.

Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

Agenda – 9 October 2012

Welcome /
1. / Declarations of interest (see note1)
Councillors and co-opted members must declare if they have a personal or prejudicial interest in any of the items on this agenda at the start of the meeting, or as soon as the interest becomes apparent to them.
2 / Apologies for Absence
3 / Minutes of the meeting held on 29 May 2012
4 / Matters Arising from last minutes
5 / Matters arising not covered elsewhere
a / October RE Primary subject Leaders meeting (3/10) verbal report
b / RE Toolkit follow-up
c / Any other agreed syllabus matters not covered in ASC meeting
d / Referral matters from LA (Previous item 10)
5 / RE Council updates on initiatives
6 / RE Toolkit discussion on Section 1 (previously circulated)
7 / NASACRE updates on initiatives meeting in November?
8 / RE Quality Mark (paper attached)
9 / Annual Report 11/12 draft, discussion item from member
10 / Matters for referral to the LA
11 / Date of Next SACRE Meeting – Tuesday 5th February 2013.

Note1: Declarations of interest

Councillors and co-opted members who have a personal or prejudicial interest in relation to any item on this agenda are asked to complete a declaration form and hand it to the Democratic Services Officer. Forms, together with a summary of guidance on making declarations of interest, will be available around the meeting table. If further clarification is needed members are advised to refer to “The Code of Conduct – Guide for members May 2007” issued by Standards for England, which will be available at the meeting if needed.

For your information the web address for the RE Quality Mark is :

http://www.reqm.org/