Religious & Moral Education (+ Psychology, Sociology & Philosophy)

  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: Numeracy in Religious & Moral Education.

You can use this to develop Numeracy skills through RME and as an opportunity for Primary/Secondary Liaison and potentially Primary/Secondary Transition projects.

You can find the resource here: Numeracy in Religious and Moral Education | Resources | Education Scotland

Education Scotland has been carrying out some research with schools where uptake and performance in National Qualifications in RMPS, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy is strong.

A summary report of our findings is expected to be published around April 2024 with a series of webinars linked to the research arranged for June 2024.

The links to sign up for these events are:

RMPS & Philosophy: National Qualifications: RMPS & Philosophy Tickets, Wed 5 Jun 2024 at 16:30 | Eventbrite

Psychology & Sociology: National Qualifications: Psychology & Sociology Tickets, Thu 6 Jun 2024 at 16:30 | Eventbrite

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.

Experiences & Outcomes for RME and RERC Experiences and outcomes | Curriculum for Excellence | Policy drivers | Policy for Scottish education | Scottish education system | Education Scotland

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