I've just had a letter from my MP, Helen Grant (Con, Maidstone and the Weald). She says, 'I have spoken to a range of people regarding this matter and have reflected on the situation personally. Having considered all the arguments put forward, I now fully share your concerns about the sidelining of RE within the curriculum.' This is tremendous news and comes soon after a meeting that colleagues and I had with Roger Gale MP (Con, Thanet North). Roger's argument was that there was probably not much hope for the EBacc because Gove had made up his mind and that he never listened to anyone. However, he threw his support behind a campaign to protect RE as a statutory subject. In a way both these views are right and we need to mobilise our MPs to support a two-fold campaign for both these ideals.
Roger Gale suggested we needed a national voice for RE rather than the fragmented voice we have at the moment. Hopefully, under John Keast, the RE Council will assume that role.
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