Meeting
Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) - Portsmouth City
Scheduled Time
Wednesday, 12th March 2025
4:30 PM
Wednesday, 12th March 2025
8:30 PM
Confirmed
12 Mar 2025
Eastney Evangelical Church, 21 Eastney Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO4 9JA
Pastor Chris Thomas
Group A (Evangelical Church))
Expected
James Newsam
Expected
Reverend Ray Goddess
Group A (Methodist Church)
Expected
Michael Zeffert
Jewish
Expected
sarah coote
Group A (Quaker - Society of Friends)
Expected
Jaswant Singh-Digpal
Group A (Sikhi)
Expected
Sister Sarah Listers
Salvation Army (Group A)
Expected
Sue Bowen
Group B (Church of England)
Expected
Reverend Sam Duddles
Group B (Church of England)
Expected
Trish Gumede
Teachers' Liaison Panel (Group C)
Expected
Kari Laing
Group C (Post 16)
Expected
Beth Smith
Group C (Secondary)
Expected
Zoe Killick
Primary Headteachers (Group C)
Expected
Ella Harbut
Early Years (Group C)
Expected
Taki Jaffer
Group D (local authority)
Expected
Jessi Wilson
Co-opted (Council of Portsmouth Students)
Expected
Debbie Anderson
Expected
Claire Campbell-Best
Expected
Geoff Wade
Group A (Humanist - nominated reserve)
Expected
Barbara Spiegelhalter
Group A (Humanist)
Expected
Sheikh Fazle Abbas Datoo
Group A (Muslim)
Expected
Christine McMillan
Group A (United Reformed Church)
Expected
Vacancy
Group A (Baptist)
Expected
Vacancy
Group B (Church of England)
Expected
a) Agree the draft minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2024.
b) Discuss any matters arising from the minutes not covered elsewhere on the agenda.
- Document DRAFT MINUTES - SACRE 6 November 2024 final (1) 04 Mar 2025
This report updates SACRE regarding its membership, training and other opportunities for the membership.
RECOMMENDED that SACRE:
a) Notes the membership vacancies set out in paragraph 4 of this report and that the Authority continues to approach relevant nominating bodies with a view to appointing additional members.
b) Notes the reappointment of Jaswant Singh-Digpa (Sikhism) to Group A and sarah coote (Quaker) to Group A.
c) Notes and give thanks to Jane Kelly (Group B) and Geoffrey Wheeler (Group A) for their many years of support to the Portsmouth SACRE.
d) Notes that the SACRE has subscribed to NASACRE for the current academic year, that this allows members to attend its training sessions and that it is good practice for members to take advantage of training opportunities when possible.
- Document SACRE Membership report final March 2025 04 Mar 2025
The purpose of this report is to inform the SACRE of the findings and discussions that took place during the meeting of the SACRE Monitoring Group on 12 February 2025.
The group received updates on website monitoring, inspector and adviser updates on RE and the effectiveness of RE. The SACRE action plan was also discussed.
RECOMMENDED that SACRE notes the findings of the Monitoring Group meeting.
- Document SACRE MG Report 04 Mar 2025
The purpose of this report is to provide a rationale for adopting a three-year action plan and to provide an amended version for SACRE to consider.
RECOMMENDED - that the SACRE adopts the three-year action plan.
- Document SACRE Three-Year action plan report 04 Mar 2025
The purpose of this report is to enable SACRE to consider key national and local RE developments.
RECOMMENDED that the SACRE notes the report.
- Document SACRE Key Local and National Matters report 04 Mar 2025
Future Dates:
Wednesday 12 November 2025 at St Swithun's Catholic Primary School, Taswell Road, Southsea, PO5 2RG
All meetings will take place at 4.30pm. If no venue is available, meetings will take place remotely on Teams.
Dates for 2026 will be provided for consideration at the next SACRE meeting.
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