At St Peter and Paul, each child will receive a personalised Religious Education designed to meet their unique needs and abilities. Our dedicated teachers integrate Religious Education across a range of activities, real-life experiences, and moments for prayer and worship, following a thoughtfully developed curriculum.

Children are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions and relationships, showing care for themselves, one another, and the environment. We actively support and collaborate with our local parish and diocesan community, providing children opportunities to engage with global issues through various charitable organisations.

Through Religious Education, our aim is to help students understand how beliefs shape lives, fostering mutual respect and cooperation between Christianity and other faiths.

Introduction: What We Believe

The Religious Education provided in a Catholic School cannot be confined to teaching and learning specifically devoted to RE.  We seek to ensure that the message and spirit of the Gospel permeates all aspects of school life. Through teaching, example, worship and shared Christian values, we are helping to further, with family and the parish, the work of the awakening and fostering of a living and personal faith throughout our school community in keeping with our school mission statement.

We, as a school, work to allow every child access to a broad and balanced curriculum encouraging a sense of self-worth and self-esteem. Our children are given opportunities to apply and use their knowledge and skills in cross-curricular studies to deepen their understanding of religious truths and think creatively.

Our Aims at St Peter and St Paul

  • To present a comprehensive content which engages pupils and is the basis of knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith;
  • To enable pupils continually to deepen their religious and theological understanding and be able to communicate this effectively;
  • To present an authentic vision of the Church’s moral and social teaching so that pupils can make a critique of the underlying trends in contemporary culture and society;
  • To raise pupils’ awareness of the faith and traditions of other religious communities in order to respect and understand them;
  • To develop the critical faculties of pupils so that they can relate their Catholic faith to daily life;
  • To stimulate pupils’ imagination and provoke a desire for personal meaning as revealed in the truth of the Catholic faith;
  • To enable pupils to relate the knowledge gained through Religious Education to their understanding of other subjects in the curriculum;
  • To bring clarity to the relationship between faith and life, and between faith and culture.

Subject Leadership

Our RE Subject Leader is Mrs Butterworth

Mrs Butterworth is a dedicated and passionate leader of Religious Education at our school, with a deep commitment to fostering understanding and respect for diverse beliefs and cultures. She is dedicated to creating a thoughtful, inclusive environment where children can explore their spiritual, moral, and cultural development through engaging and reflective learning experiences.

Multi Faith Work