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The first national guidelines for religious education in England's schools were published last week. The non-statutory national framework, intended to support and improve RE teaching for pupils from three to 19, was developed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority at the request of the DfES, with major faith and religious education groups across the UK, following consultation earlier this year.

The non-statutory national framework, intended to support and improve RE teaching for pupils from three to 19, was developed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority at the request of the DfES, with major faith and religious education groups across the UK, following consultation earlier this year.

Christianity should be studied at each key stage but Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism should also be included.

The framework also recommends that children have the opportunity to learn about other religious traditions such as Jainism and Zoroastrianism, and secular philosophies such as humanism.

However, the framework is not compulsory and each LEA can decide how they use it to develop the syllabus.

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