RE Today review by Caroline

Date: 27.04.2022

Review subject: RE

Phase: Primary

Reviewer: Caroline, Head of year

Urban LA maintained school 458 pupils in Sefton
Ofsted rating: Requires improvement
FSM: 32%

Review rating:

Average rating across all RE Today reviews: 4/5

How well does it match the curriculum?

Well: It covers the curriculum as well as we expected

Has a good range of activities to support lessons, the 'big questions' are supported with information

How well does it support your school’s inclusion/diversity/equal opportunities policy?

Well: The content is inclusive and sensitively presented

Our pupuls of other faiths have found the lessons interesting

How well does it support differentiation for the full range of the classes you use it with?

Reasonably: Most sessions have required teacher differentiation

Most sessions require teacher to differentiate

How well does it engage and motivate pupils?

Well: Pupils generally enjoy using it and tend to welcome doing so

The pupils have enjoyed the debates

How well supported is it by accompanying formative assessments?

Reasonably: There is some formative assessment included, but its usefulness is a bit limited

Assessment options are in the planning

How well does it support planning?

Reasonably: Mostly we can use it without an unreasonable amount of effort or additional resource requirement

Planning is thorough but have discovered that links to texts take you to a shop where you have to buy materials. As the scheme has been purchased, this does not seem appropriate

How well does it support home use / independent learning?

Badly: It’s not really suitable for home use or independent learning

It does need adult support

How would you rate it for value for money compared to similar resources?

Well: It’s worth the money and effort to introduce – more so than many similar resources I’ve seen

The lessons are interesting and varied

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