SACRE Collective Worship Guidance

A Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) has a legal responsibility to advise the LEA on issues regarding collective worship. Members of SACRE regularly read Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) reports on Lambeth schools and it has become apparent that collective worship is often an area where support may prove helpful.

Members of Lambeth SACRE have produced this guidance in order to support non-denominational schools as they seek to improve their delivery of collective worship.
Lambeth SACRE's intention was to produce a simple useful document which did not duplicate others but which gave helpful advice.

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• What is Collective Worship?
• What does 'wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character' mean?
• Why does the law state that Collective Worship should 'generally' take place on the school premises?
• Positive Purposes/Aims for Collective Worship
• What is the relationship between collective worship and spiritual development?
• What should special schools do about providing Collective Worship?
• What is the relationship between Collective Worship and religious education?
• What if we feel that we cannot provide Collective Worship in accordance with the law?
• The Survivor, Liberation and rebuilding lives

• Appendix 1: The Law on Collective Worship
• Appendix 2: Possible Structure for a Collective Worship Policy Document
• Appendix 3: Sample letter to visitors invited to take part in Collective Worship
• Appendix 4: Classroom Collective Worship

• Draft Collective Worship Policy