Sacre Advisor

About the role
**About the Role**:
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and inspiring individual who is highly committed to and passionate about RE and collective worship in schools. They must have recent experience of teaching RE and collective worship as well as a substantial knowledge of the RE curriculum and assessment for all pupils.

**SACRE and the SACRE Advisory Role**:
SACRE stands for Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education.

A SACRE is unique. The Law says that Religious Education (RE) must be taught in all schools. It is a SACRE’s role to advise its local authority (LA) on what needs to be done to improve RE and collective worship (CW) for schools in its area.

The SACRE’s main function is to advise the local authority on matters related to religious education, which follows the locally Agreed Syllabus, and on collective worship in schools.

In a broader sense, a SACRE’s role is to support good RE and collective worship within its schools. In order to enable SACRE to fulfil this statutory requirement, the SACRE Advisory role has been created.

The role will include:

- Giving advice on ways of teaching RE according to the locally Agreed Syllabus, including the choice of teaching materials;
- Monitoring schools’ provision for RE and collective worship as well as the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of (SMSC) of pupils;
- Advising the LA on the provision of training for teachers in RE;
- Considering complaints about the provision and delivery of religious education and collective worship referred to it by the LA;
- Leading and managing all aspects of Northamptonshire SACRE work programme.
- Supporting schools with advice such as curriculum planning, assessment for learning, implementing the agreed syllabus, ensuring progression and rigour in RE and collective worship policy writing;
- Supporting the monitoring of standards and achievement in RE and collective worship through school visits and analysis of appropriate data including external examination results;
- Make necessary links with local authority processes and departments to ensure effective communications with schools and cross service working.

North and West Northamptonshire Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment and selection process in line with this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

What will you be doing?
The role will operate under three key strands. These are:

- Supporting and developing the SACRE
- Supporting good RE and collective worship within schools
- Improving communication and effective links between SACRE, its schools, and local communities

Key responsibilities of the role are:

- Facilitating the work of SACRE, attend all SACRE meetings, help the Clerk to prepare the agenda and papers.
- Advising and providing specialist advice and guidance to SACRE on issues relating to its work. Act as single point of reference for Northamptonshire schools.
- Liaising with the Clerk to SACRE to ensure SACRE members are kept informed of local and national initiatives related to RE, Collective Worship etc.
- Providing information and advice to other stakeholders such as schools and local faith communities, when requested.
- Responding to queries/complaints received by the Local Authority in relation to RE provision, Collective Worship, withdrawal etc, liaising with the Chair and Clerk to SACRE as appropriate.
- Leading and developing on areas related to the Agreed Syllabus, RE and collective worship.
- Take the lead on monitoring RE across the county, including the delivery of the Agreed Syllabus, agreed school visits and analysis of Ofsted and SIAMS reports.
- Working with the Chair, produce the SACRE annual report in line with national guidelines and contribute to the production of SACRE materials and publications.
- Deliver a series of twilight meetings across the county to teachers of RE, providing updates on local and national developments and to consult teachers to find out what support is required.
- Plan annual activities on behalf of SACRE and assist in the delivery of these across the county and city e.g. Youth SACRE.
- Develop electronic materials and resources to support teachers in the delivery of RE.
- Where appropriate, lead working parties to look at specific areas for development.
- With administrative support, update any relevant R.E/ASC/SCARE website and SACRE’s presence on the Local Authority website.
- Provide SACRE with information regarding the local schools and the successes and difficulties they are experiencing.
- Understand and link SACRE to budget processes and Council initiatives which may influence or impact on their work, e.g. the Prevent Board or Community Safety Partnership.
- Produce a termly R.E newsletter to Primary and