Portsmouth City Borough Council

Councillors: 42

Wards: 14

Committees: 37

Meetings (2025): 120

Meetings (2024): 154

Council Home Committee

Back to Home

Meeting

Name: Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE)
Start: 2022-06-07T15:30:00Z
End: 2022-06-07T19:30:00Z
Location: Virtual Remote Meeting

Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) - Portsmouth City

Agenda

Published

Minutes

Pending

Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Tuesday, 7th June 2022
4:30 PM

End:
Tuesday, 7th June 2022
8:30 PM

Actual Time

Started:
Tuesday, 7th June 2022
12:00 AM

Finished:
Tuesday, 7th June 2022
12:00 AM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
07 Jun 2022

Location:
Virtual Remote Meeting

Meeting Attendees

Committee Member

Councillor Tom Coles

Labour

Expected

View Profile

Vice-Chair

Kari Laing

(Group C) Post 16 Representative

Expected

Committee Member

Rachael Osborne

Group C (Primary)

Expected

Committee Member

Ray Goddess

Group A (Methodist Church)

Expected

Committee Member

Samuel Hilsenrath

Group A (Judaism)

Expected

Chair

Reverend Sam Duddles

(Group B) Church of England

Expected

Committee Member

Taki Jaffer

Group D (local authority)

Expected

Committee Member

Sarah Coote

(Group A) The Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)

Expected

Committee Member

Sheikh Fazle Abbas Datoo

(Group A) Islam (Shia)

Expected

Committee Member

Elizabeth Jenkerson

(Group A) Baha'i

Expected

Committee Member

Christine McMillan

(Group A) United Reformed Church

Expected

Committee Member

Geoff Wheeler

(Group A) Baptist Union

Expected

Committee Member

Pastor Chris Thomas

Group A (Evangelists)

Expected

Committee Member

Jaswant Singh-Digpal

(Group A) Sikh

Expected

Committee Member

Barbara Spiegelhalter

(Group A) Humanist UK

Expected

Committee Member

Geoff Wade

(Group A) Humanist UK (named reserve)

Expected

Committee Member

Sue Bowen

(Group B) Church of England Representative

Expected

Committee Member

RE & SIAMS Consultant, Portsmouth & Winchester Dioceses

Jane Kelly

(Group B) Church of England

Expected

Committee Member

Debbie Lucas

(Group C) Secondary

Expected

Co-Optee

Jessi Wilson

Council of Portsmouth Students

Expected

Officer

Patricia Hannam

Professional Adviser (HIAS)

Expected

Officer

Head of School Improvement

Debbie Anderson

Expected

Clerk

Karen Martin

Expected

Agenda

1 Welcome and Introductions

2 Moment for Quiet Reflection

3 Apologies for Absence

4 Declaration of Members' Interest

Members are asked to identify any pecuniary, prejudicial or personal interests on any matters on the agenda.

Note: Should any indication of an interest arise during the meeting, members are asked to declare at that time, as soon as is practicable.

5 Minutes of the previous meeting held on 9 March 2022

To receive the minutes of the meeting held on 9 March 2022.

RECOMMENDED that the SACRE agree the minutes of the previous meeting held on 9 March 2022 as a correct record.

Attachments:

Document SACRE draft minutes 9 March 27 May 2022

6 Matters Arising from the minutes

Members are invited to raise any matters from the minutes that are not otherwise identified on the agenda.

7 Membership Update

To receive a Membership update report.

RECOMMENDEDthat with their agreement, the SACRE appoints/ re-appointsthe following to the Portsmouth SACRE:

Group A

Elizabeth Jenkerson, Baha'i Faith

Sheikh Fazle Abbas Datoo, Shia Muslim

Christine McMillan, United Reformed Church

Group B

Sue Bowen

Revd Sam Duddles

Jane Kelly

Group C

Helen Reeder, National Education Union (Portsmouth Branch)

Rachael Osborne, St Jude's Primary School headteacher (initial appointment)

Attachments:

Document SACRE Membership report June 2022 27 May 2022

8 Brief updates or notification of items to be brought to a future meeting

To receive any updates from Members of SACRE.

Note: Items requiring decision will need to be brought to a future meeting.

9 Monitoring Group Report

To receive a report from the meeting of the SACRE Monitoring Group.

RECOMMENDED that SACRE notes the findings of the Monitoring Group meeting held on 17 May 2022.

Attachments:

Document SACRE Monitoring Group report - June 2022 27 May 2022

10 Council of Portsmouth Students (CoPS) and SACRE

To receive a verbal update from Patricia Hannam (SACRE's Professional Adviser) regarding the development of more formal links between the Council of Portsmouth Students (CoPS) and SACRE.

RECOMMENDED that the report is noted.

11 National and local updates on RE

To receive a report from Patricia Hannam (SACRE's Professional Adviser) on the activities the Religious Education Council (REC) and from SACRE members who attended the National Association of SACREs (NASACRE) AGM in May 2022 (see appendix), as well verbal reports from those who were able to attend the South Central SACRE Hub meetings.

RECOMMENDED that the report is noted.

Attachments:

Document SACRENational matters report - June 2022 27 May 2022
Document Appendix 1 27 May 2022

12 Date and venue of the next meeting

The meetings during the 2022/23 academic year will take place on the following dates.

2 November 2022

28 March 2023

14 June 2023

RECOMMENDED that the venue of the next meeting be agreed.

Previous Meetings

12th Mar 2025