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SCHEDULE 1RELIGION, VALUES AND ETHICS

PART 1CURRICULUM DESIGN

Foundation and voluntary controlled schools that have a religious character

3(1)This paragraph applies to a foundation or voluntary controlled school that has a religious character.

(2)The provision must have been designed having regard to the agreed syllabus.

(3)Sub-paragraph (4) applies in those cases where that provision does not accord—

(a)with any provisions of the school’s trust deed that relate to teaching and learning in respect of the mandatory element of Religion, Values and Ethics, or

(b)if there are no such provisions, with the tenets of the religion or religious denomination specified in relation to the school in an order under section 68A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31).

(4)In those cases, the curriculum must also make additional provision for teaching and learning encompassing the mandatory element of Religion, Values and Ethics that does accord with those provisions or (as the case may be) tenets.