Religious & Moral Education (+ Psychology, Sociology & Philosophy) – Curriculum, Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Welcome to the Home Page for Religious and Moral Education (RME) and Religious Education in Roman Catholic Schools (RERC).

This is also the home page for Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology.

This page provides support for:

Delivery of RME and RERC in the Broad General Education
Delivery of National Qualifications in RMPS, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy
Guidance around relevant documentation around RME/RMPS, RERC and Religious Observance (RO)
Signposting CLPL opportunities for these subject areas

To discuss any matter related to RME, RERC, RMPS Psychology, Philosophy or Sociology please contact joe.walker@educationscotland.gov.scot

Latest News!!

Education Scotland has now published a new resource: Improving uptake and performance in National Qualifications in RMPS, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy

At the moment, this has been published to our National Networks for each subject area on Glow – (details of these below).

This report outlines the findings of a data-gathering project around national Qualifications carried out in 2023-2024.

Curriculum Support and Professional Learning

On Demand

There is a full programme of On Demand CLPL in RME/RMPS. This takes the form of ‘Professional Dialogue Support Visits‘ which can be tailored to your own needs and can be virtual or face-to-face.

See the document below for further information and contact details:

Professional Dialogue Support Visits Flyer RME

Some indicative content for any Professional Dialogue Support Event can be found in the document below:

RME-RERC_BGE_Curriculum_Support_Events

Networks

There are online National Networks for RME/RMPS, Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology. Each Network has a planned programme of monthly CLPL.

All of these National Networks are on Glow and so will require a Glow Login. Once you have logged into Glow, You can use the relevant Joining Code below to request to join each National Network

RME/RMPS: tz99kap

RERC: l9dy0uk

LA Officers with responsibility for RME/RERC: poxis3y

Psychology: taf32pg

Sociology: rw9p2ys

Philosophy: 8zlufwf

To see indicative CLPL in each of these networks, have a look at the documents below which outline what was offered last year.

RME Teams Group session planning Sept 2022-June 2023

Sociology Teams Group session planning Sept 2022-June 2023

Philosophy Teams Group session planning Sept 2022-June 2023

Psychology Teams Group session planning Sept 2022-June 2023

ALSO – SEE OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CALENDAR ON THIS PORTAL TO SEE WHAT’S ON OFFER THIS YEAR

Resources

A range of recorded CLPL presentations are available in the Files area of our National Networks for each subject. (Please see Glow National Networks joining codes above.)

Accredited Professional Learning Programmes

We are currently exploring the development of accredited Professional Learning in RME.

Key Documents

Some helpful policy and advice and guidance links are below.

Benchmarks for RME: RMEBenchmarksPDF.pdf (education.gov.scot)

Benchmarks for RERC: RERC_BenchmarksPDF.pdf (education.gov.scot)

RME and RERC: The most recent advice & guidance from Scottish Government (2011) Curriculum for Excellence: religious and moral education – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Religious Observance – The most recent advice and Guidance from Scottish Government (2017) Curriculum for Excellence: religious observance – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

CfE Briefing Paper 16: RO/Time for Reflection (2014) CfE Briefing 16 – Curriculum for Excellence: Religious Observance (Time for Reflection) (education.gov.scot)

Resources