All non-faith community, Academy, foundation and voluntary aided schools in Birmingham (schools without a religious character) must provide Religious Education (RE) that meets the requirements of the Birmingham Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education. This is taught through 24 key dispositions (see below).
Both faith and non-faith schools must also hold collective worship for all pupils every day, as agreed by the governors of each school.
RE and collective worship are intended for all pupils, however, parents have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of either.
24 Key Dispositions
| | Autumn | Spring | Summer |
Year 1 | - Cultivating Inclusion, Identity and Belonging
- Being Thankful
- Being Modest and Listening to others
- Expressing Joy
| - Being Fair and Just
- Being Accountable and Living with Integrity
- Being Courageous and Confident
- Being Loyal and Steadfast
| - Remembering Roots
- Being Hopeful and Visionary
- Being Curious and Valuing Knowledge
- Being Open, Honest and Truthful
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Year 2 | - Living by rules
- Being Temperate, exercising self discipline and cultivating serene contentment
- Being Regardful of suffering
- Sharing and being Generous
| - Creating Unity and Harmony
- Participating and willing to lead
- Caring for others animals and the environment
- Being merciful and forgiving
| - Being silent and attentive to, and cultivating a sense for the sacred and transcendent
- Being reflective and self-critical
- Being Imaginative and Explorative
- Appreciating Beauty
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Year 3 | - Sharing and Being generous
- Caring for others animals and the environment
- Creating Unity and Harmony
- Participating and willing to lead
| - Being Fair and Just
- Being Accountable and Living with Integrity
- Remembering Roots
- Being loyal and steadfast
| - Being open honest and truthful
- Being silent and attentive to, cultivating and a sense for the sacred and transcendent
- Being courageous and Confident
- Being hopeful and visionary
|
Year 4 | - Expressing joy
- Being Thankful
- Being curious and valuing knowledge
- Being reflective and self critical
| - Being modest and listening to others
- Cultivating inclusion identity and belonging
- Being merciful and forgiving
- Being regardful of suffering
| - Living by rules
- Being temperate, exercising self discipline and serene contentment
- Being imaginative and self critical
- Appreciating beauty
|
Year 5 | - Caring for others animals and the environment
- Sharing and being generous
- Being loyal and steadfast
- Being hopeful and visionary
| - Being open honest and truthful
- Being silent and attentive to cultivating a sense for the sacred and transcendent
- Participating and willing to lead
- Being modest and listening to others
| - Being temperate exercising self discipline and serene contentment
- Being thankful
- Being imaginative and explorative
|
Year 6 | - Living Rules
- Being Fair and just
- Creating Unity and harmony
- Cultivating inclusion identity and belonging
| - Remembering Roots
- Being courageous and confident
- Being regardful of suffering
- Being merciful and forgiving
| - Expressing Joy
- Appreciating Beauty
- Being Curious and Valuing Knowledge
- Being reflective and self critical
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