Decision details

The County Council is required to establish and maintain a Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) as part of its statutory education function and to make appointments to it in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Following the County Council election in May 2021 appointments to SACRE were made following procedures used in previous years. There are currently three matters requiring attention to complete and regularise appointments to SACRE – the filling of a vacancy for an elected member, the status of the Free Church representative and the determination of a request for membership by the Humanist Society.

The report explains the background to these matters and the reasons for proposals.

The Cabinet Member for Learning and Skills has approved:-

(1)That Cllr Zack Ali be appointed to Committee D of SACRE from November 2021 until the end of the current Council term (May 2025)

(2)That Rev’d David Pitkeithly, the co-opted representative of the Free Churches be designated as a full and voting member of SACRE Committee A with effect from November 2021 and until the end of the current Council term (May 2025)

(3)That Mr Andrew Edmondson be appointed to Committee A of SACRE as a representative of the Humanist Society until the end of the current Council term (May 2025)

(4)   That the Free Churches and Humanist Society organisations are also given the facility to appoint representatives to the Agreed Syllabus Conference, which is a separate meeting to SACRE.

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