Parish life
RE in a Church of England school enables pupils to expand their understanding of the Church by learning about everyday life in a parish.
- Priests, vicars and curates
- Lay leaders: churchwardens and PCCs
- Worship: Eucharist, services of the Word
- Music in worship
- Baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals
- Evangelism, Alpha, Emmaus, Credo, etc
- Home groups
- Pilgrimages and retreats
- Activities for children and young people
- Community involvement
Beyond the parish
An understanding of the life of the Church beyond the parish boundaries:
- Dioceses, bishops and cathedrals
- Archbishops of Canterbury and York and in the rest of the world:
- Lively and growing churches
- Multicultural Christianity
- The Anglican Communion
- Ecumenical partnerships
Church and nation
The story of the Church of England and how it has affected our national life.
| Christianity comes to Britain | Alban, Patrick, Columba and Augustine |
| Rome and Northumbria | Iona, Lindisfarne, Hilda and the synod of Whitby |
| Church and state | Thomas a Becket, monasteries |
| The Bible in English | Wycliffe, Tyndale and the Authorised Version |
| The Reformation | Henry VIII to Elizabeth, the martyrs |
| Developing worship | From Cranmer to the 1662 Prayer Book |
| Evangelicals and Tractarians | Wesley, Simeon, Pusey and Newman |
| Improving society | Wilberforce, Shaftesbury and Josephine Butler |
| Church schools and hospitals | Robert Raikes, Joshua Watson, Florence Nightingale |
| The development of missions | SPCK, CMS and USPG |
| The twentieth century | William Temple, CS Lewis, Desmond Tutu |
| People of local significance in the diocese | St Anselm, St Werburgh, St Chad, John Sumner, William Gladstone |