What is Religious and Moral Education?

Religious and Moral Education is an academic subject in its own right.  It is about religion, and about the beliefs of a wide range of peoples.

A useful summary of the work of the department can be found in two possible answers to the question “What are we here for?”

-  our Religious Education classes at school are all about searching, about learning to live at peace with other people through understanding their beliefs and customs

-  our Religious Education classes at school are all about searching, about learning to live at peace with ourselves by finding out things which help us give meaning to our lives.

In dealing with the sensitive issues of belief, the ethos of the department is to take a philosophical rather than a doctrinal or confessional approach to religion.  Whatever beliefs a pupil may hold, it is hoped that by examining some of the major belief structures of the world that those personal beliefs may be enriched, and that tolerance of others may be engendered.

Religious Observance lies outwith the remit of Religious and Moral Education Department.