Bill Moore, Chair, National Association for Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education
 Why is religious education important?
People have a tendency to want to make sense of life, to find meaning and purpose. RE enables pupils to explore these issues, learning about themselves and their place in the world from their study of religion. In doing so, they learn about religions and beliefs which have influenced the lives of millions of people and heavily influenced the development of different human cultures. It is both rigorously academic and deeply personal – it reaches the parts of the person that other subjects fail to reach. In our rapidly changing world, we need people who can value human dignity, challenge injustice and shape a hopeful vision for all humanity. This is the stuff of good RE and I cannot see why any school would not want to give it a very high priority!
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