Agenda item

Sameena Choudry presented SACREs Annual Report for 2018-19 which had been updated following changes proposed at the last meeting, a copy of which had been circulated to Members, prior to the meeting.

Members confirmed that they were happy to approve the Annual Report, subject to the typographical errors being corrected; in relation to the second paragraph of the Chairs introduction (on page 2), in that the word ‘prove’ being replaced with the word ‘approve’ and the capital letter ‘I’ be replaced with the lower case ‘i’ on the fifth line of the second paragraph (on page 5) of the Annual Report.  Sameena Choudry undertook to amend accordingly.

In referring to the front cover of the Locally Agreed Syllabus for RE 2019-2024, (page 5 of the Annual Report), Sandra Norburn drew attention to the fact that whilst the Humanist Symbol was displayed on the front cover, the Annual Report made no reference to this in the report narrative. Sameena Choudry agreed to include this.

Action: Sameena Choudry to amend the typographical errors in the Annual Report 2018-2019, as detailed above include reference to Humanism in the narrative of the Annual Report.

The Committee also received SACREs Action Plan for 2019-2020, which had been updated following the last meeting, a copy of which had been circulated to Members prior to the meeting.

In reviewing the Action Plan, attention was drawn to typographical errors in relation to the dates identified under sections 2.5 (page 12) and 2.6 (page 13) of Priority Areas 2 and 3, ‘Actions to Achieve This’, to be corrected to read as ‘2020-2021’ and ‘2021-2022’, respectively.  Sameena Choudry undertook to amend accordingly.

It was noted that the Doncaster SACRE working in partnership with the South Yorkshire RE Hub (Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield) to deliver a Conference in Doncaster was to be held on 25th June 2020, the same day as the SACRE meeting. Lat Blaylock, RE Consultant suggested that Members of SACRE attend this event.  Details of the Conference when confirmed would be uploaded on ‘BuyDoncaster’ website.

Action:

1.   Sameena Choudry to amend the Action Plan to reflect the typographical errors as set out above.

2.   Sameena Choudry to include details of the South Yorkshire RE Hub Conference on 25 June, 2020 on the ‘Buy Doncaster’ website when finalised.

3.   The Action Plan for 2019-20 be rag rated and included on the agenda for the Summer Term meeting and used as a basis for developing the 2019-2021 Academic Year Action Plan.

4.   SACREs Annual Report 2018-2019 be approved for publication.

AGREED that

(1)    SACREs Annual Report 2018-2019, be approved for publication on the Council’s website, subject to the typographical errors being corrected as set out above and to include reference to Humanism in the narrative of the Annual Report.

(2)    The Action Plan for 2019-2020 be approved, subject to the typographical errors being corrected as set out above;

(3)    Sameena Choudry to include details of the ‘South Yorkshire RE Hub Conference’ on 25th June, 2020 on the ‘Buy Doncaster’ website when finalised; and

(4)    the Action Plan for 2019-20 be rag rated and included on the agenda for the Summer Term meeting and used as a basis for developing the 2019-21 Academic Year Action Plan.