sample scheme of work for religious education

Schemes of Work for teaching RE to all key stages

We know that planning schemes of work is a laborious and time consuming job for busy teachers, which is why we have created ready-to-use schemes made up of 35 units for Primary schools and 15 units for Secondary schools.

You can view the full list of units here .

Units include lots of teaching and learning ideas, links to useful resources, learning outcomes and assessment guidance and suggestions. Each unit offers on average eight hours of classroom ideas.

We have created these units of work to support its syllabus model A, currently in use in a number of local authorities. However, they offer a resource to support you in teaching RE wherever you are in the country, even if your syllabus is not an RE Today model.

Our Schemes of Work are a resource offering a range of ideas for your classroom. They do not supersede your agreed syllabus.

Check out our handy guide to planning with RE Today units of work to support you in deciding whether these schemes will work for you and your school.

Sample units

1-2 Unit Exploration Planner Who is a Muslim Final SAMPLE

L2-4 Unit Exploration Planner Why do people pray Final SAMPLE

3-12 Is religion a power for peace or a cause of conflict in the world today SAMPLE

Our Schemes of work are available to order now, and are supplied via email within 3 working days.

You can save weeks of planning time and gain over a years worth of lesson ideas* with our full schemes, that work out at only £15 per unit.

Primary schemes of work - £560 Secondary schemes of work - £240

If you are a NATRE member you get 25% off!

Email sales@retoday.org.uk to buy full units of work

Or visit our webshop to buy the individual units

*based on avg. 8 hours of lesson ideas per unit, and avg. of 1 hour of RE teaching time per week.

Please note: Our Schemes of Work contain links to external websites where useful resources can be found. From time to time this links will move, redirect or break. As these are external third-party websites we are unable to remedy this. The schemes of work are not lesson plans, and do not contain PPTs alongside the content.

RE Today is not responsible for content on external websites. Links were active and correct at time of publication, but they do not always last. Please do check content etc before passing on to students/using in the classroom. Enough information is provided with links for teachers to search for a suitable alternative should links break

Looking for Schemes of Work?

Did you attend a Syllabus Launch and buy some additional Schemes of Work? If so, these can be found here. All you need is your password.

This website uses cookies, if you'd like to know more about these cookies here's our cookie policy. OK

   Publishing Jobs For Teachers        Newsletter       Our Story       List Your Scheme     

Primary EYFS, KS1 & KS2 RE (Religious Education) Schemes of Work and lesson planning

The list below compares every religion and worldview scheme of work that fits the guidance offered by the national primary curriculum. some of the schemes below have a focus on a particular religion, and others have been designed to fulfil a particular local authorities agreed syllabus.   you can stay up to date with the latest re curriculum news, offers and cpd by joining our monthly newsletter . .

Jigsaw Education Group

Jigsaw RE is the most comprehensive RE programme for ages 3-12. With over 80+ enquiries, both medium and short-term planning, RE has never been so engaging, accessible and fun.

Jigsaw RE encourages young minds to build awareness and understanding of the world around them, different language and communication, and develop their broader personal, social and emotional skills.

Ensure your staff have confidence in delivering and assessing Religious Education with Jigsaw’s three strand assessment system, harnessing personal development, substantive knowledge and disciplinary knowledge.

Built by RE experts, with contributions from worldview representatives.

For Years EYFS - 11/12

8 worldviews, including Humanism and Bahai in every 2-year phase

85+ enquiries for EYFS - Age 11/12, accompanied with knowledge organisers, vocab lists and assemblies

Mindfulness Embedded

Owl Crew - distancing friends

Up-to-date webinar/CPD programmes led by a dedicated team of RE experts and advisors

Mapping documents and background information fact files for a more thorough understanding of teaching materials for subject leads and educators

Newsletter updates

Mentor support

Assessment activities, criteria and descriptors

Interactive teaching and learning for school visits to places of worship

Staff Training and Support

Webinars and dedicated mentors

Subscriptions start from £1.80 per child with discounts available for purchasing multiple programmes.

Free Jigsaw sample   · Visit Website ·  [email protected]

Kapow Primary Religion & Worldviews

Kapow Primary

The Kapow Primary Religion & Worldviews scheme of work helps specialists and non-specialists alike to teach R&W with confidence.

Taking a concepts-based approach, the scheme looks at the differences within and between different viewpoints. Including, why are we here? What is religion? And, importantly, how can we live in harmony if we have different worldviews?

For Years 1 - 6

100+ lesson plans, supporting resources, presentations and videos

Clear planning documentation for subject leaders

Up-to-date thinking led by recent reports including ‘Religion and Worldviews in the Classroom: Developing a worldviews approach’ and ‘Religion and Worldviews: The Way Forward, a National Plan for RE’

Verified by experts, including Stacey Burman (RE expert and SACRE advisor)

Reflects diverse religious and non-religious worldviews such as Jain, Zoroastrian, Alevi, Bahá’í and Shinto

Integrated CPD gives you guidance on pedagogy and helps you to teach tricky concepts to your class

Unique pupil and teacher videos

Adaptable schemes (including long-term plans, condensed and mixed-age plans)

Coverage from Year 1 through to Year 6

We are proud to be trusted by over 6,000 schools. Experience our engaging and detailed schemes of work with a FREE 14-day trial . Subscriptions start from £215 plus VAT.

Visit Website · Free Trial · [email protected]

Years 1 - 6

Annual Subscription

Jigsaw PSHE and Jigsaw RE help pupils explore and develop their social, emotional, ethical and moral skills, and develop an understanding of the world around them. Both programmes are designed with consistent pedagogy and mindfulness techniques into age-appropriate spiral curricula, ensuring learning is revisited and deepened each year. The programmes are accessible through a single portal, with comprehensive lesson plans and resources all in one place, saving teachers valuable time and ensuring consistency in teaching standards and learning outcomes. Jigsaw schools enhance wellbeing and personal development, so children are prepared to navigate the complexities of the modern world.

Click here for FREE PSHE and RE samples!

Opening Worlds

Haringey Education Partnership

Years 3 - 6

Subscription

Opening Worlds is a knowledge-rich humanities programme for teaching history, geography and religion in Years 3 to 6. We provide curriculum resources together with training, support and ongoing programme-related professional development for primary school teachers [ read more ].

PlanBee RE Curriculum

PlanBee Resources

One-off Purchase

To help give pupils in KS1 and KS2 broad, balanced Religious Education learning, we've organised our ready-to-teach RE lesson packs into programmes of study for the major UK and world faiths. There are a number of multi-faith schemes of work, too [ read more ].

RE Today Schemes of Work

RE Today Services

Units include lots of teaching and learning ideas, links to useful resources, learning outcomes and assessment guidance and suggestions. Each unit offers on average eight hours of classroom ideas [ read more ].

The Emmanuel Project

The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

Years EYFS - 6

The Emmanuel Project provides challenging and enjoyable material for classroom teachers of RE. All the units were written and trialled by outstanding teachers. Created by the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, this resource is a complete RE scheme of work for primary schools and is used extensively by C of E schools, community schools and academies [ read more ].

Twinkl PlanIt RE

Excite and engage children with our award-winning scheme of work. Our fully progressive units provide solid building blocks to develop knowledge, skills and concepts. Featuring a wide range of activities created by subject specialists, PlanIt is easy to adapt and well researched so you can teach with confidence [ read more ].

Understanding Christianity

Church of England Education Office

Years  EYFS - 6 +

The key purpose of this project is to help all teachers support pupils in developing their own thinking and their understanding of Christianity, as a contribution to their understanding of the world and their own experience within it [ read more ].

United Learning Religion & Worldviews

United Learning

From expert sequencing to classroom resources, the United Curriculum for Primary delivers everything your teachers and subject leads need.

• International
• Education Jobs
• Schools directory
• Resources Education Jobs Schools directory News Search

Complete Year 7 RE Schemes of Work

Subject: Religious education

Age range: 11-14

Resource type: Unit of work

Last updated

12 July 2024

• Share through email
• Share through twitter
• Share through linkedin
• Share through facebook
• Share through pinterest

Complete Year 7 schemes of work for RE. This covers one year of detailed lessons divided into four units with assessments. The schemes show all activities, how they are differentiated three ways for each task, new key terminology, assessment points, starters, plenaries and main tasks and where the PowerPoints and worksheets can be found.

The Complete Year 7 Schemes of Work cover: Christianity Religious Festivals World Religions and Belief in God Sikhism

This was created for our Complete Year 7 RE package, which can be found on Tes here.

Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.

Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here:

Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack

Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

Creative Commons "NoDerivatives"

Your rating is required to reflect your happiness.

It's good to leave some feedback.

Something went wrong, please try again later.

Thanks so much for sharing

Empty reply does not make any sense for the end user

Report this resource to let us know if it violates our terms and conditions. Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch.

Not quite what you were looking for? Search by keyword to find the right resource:

Ealing Grid for Learning

You are here

Ealing learning partnership.

• ELP board terms of reference
• ELP committee membership
• ELP primary curriculum support and capacity building plan
• ELP primary learning cluster lead role
• Spirals of enquiry model and handbook
• Terms of reference
• ELP safeguarding and wellbeing terms of reference
• ELP SEN support expectations
• ELP recruitment and retention terms of reference
• Reed Education managed service provider
• SE impact evaluation 2018
• SE impact evaluation 2017
• SE impact evaluation 2016
• SE impact evaluation 2015
• ELP headteacher briefings
• ELP committees action plans
• ELP innovation hub
• ELP school membership list 2023 - 2026
• ELP race equality leadership ambitions
• Grant funding criteria and budget for voluntary sector organisations
• Seven education priorities
• Race equality guidance glossary
• Getting started - suggested pathway
• Race equality journey for parents
• Career progression case studies
• Learning support staff
• Pastoral support staff
• School business managers and administrators
• School site staff and lunchtime roles
• Diversity in leadership programme
• Ealing school recruitment videos
• Early Career Teachers (ECT)
• Headteacher standards
• National professional qualifications (NPQs)
• Teacher standards
• High school CPD and networks
• Primary learning clusters and networking opportunities
• Gatekeeping issues for schools
• Gatekeeping issues - high schools
• Gatekeeping issues - primary schools
• Gatekeeping issues - special schools
• Gatekeeping issues for LA officers
• Gatekeeping archive
• Gatekeeping submission timelines for 2024-25
• Use Gatekeeping to communicate information with schools
• Health related data
• Healthy schools Ealing points scheme
• Healthy schools London awards
• HSL awards training resources
• PSHE training resources
• RSE training resources
• Safeguarding prevention training resources
• Emotional wellbeing and mental health information project
• Kooth mental health
• Whole school approach to mental health
• Oral health and personal hygiene
• Physical activity
• Primary PSHE scheme of work
• PSHE education
• Drugs, alcohol and tobacco education
• Statutory relationships and health education
• RSE high school lessons
• Mentors in violence prevention
• Health in school visit pack
• Health newsletters
• Sugar smart schools resources
• Section 128 checks for governors
• DfE governance guides
• Clerk job descriptions and claim form
• Governor information on GIAS
• Clerks' network briefings
• Governance news
• Election procedures
• Governing board committees
• Governing board self review
• Governors visiting schools
• Link governors
• An overview of key responsibilities
• Chair and vice chair of governors
• Effective governing board minutes
• Example terms of reference for curriculum committee
• Governing board chair job description
• Governing boards work schedule/annual plans
• School governor role description
• Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
• Vice-chair job description
• Wellbeing and workload guidance for governing boards
• Induction for new governors and clerks
• Ealing governor training
• Contact governance team
• GovernorHub
• School governance privacy notice from October 2022
• Privacy notice
• Headteacher induction handbook
• School improvement support
• Securing good programme
• Leadership development
• Ealing's Children's University
• Family School Partnership Award (FSPA)
• Supporting transitions
• Ealing services for schools general terms and conditions
• Pay as you go
• School effectiveness policy
• Teaching and learning

RE curriculum key stage 2

Example schemes of work and other resources for teaching religious education at key stage two.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry... Maya Angelou (1928-)

In the new syllabus, you will be expected to teach the following units over the course of key stage 2; the order that the units are taught is up to the individual school. The schemes posted here contain examples of how the material can be delivered.

Popular pages

Services for schools.

Find meetings and key dates in our calendar

Bristol SACRE

Bristol Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education

• About Bristol SACRE
• Current Members
• Public Documents
• What is RE?
• Locally Agreed Syllabus
• Bristol Expectations for RE
• RE Conferences

Schemes of Work for RE

• KS4 Non-examined course for RE
• Useful RE websites
• Downloads for RE
• What is Collective Worship?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Downloads for Collective Worship
• SMSC Development
• British Values
• SMSC Documents for Schools
• Calendar of Religious Events
• Ensuring Religious Diversity and Inclusion
• Interfaith dialogue resources
• Meet your RE Adviser

KEY STAGE 1

Namatala teaching resource.

This teaching resource is a product of collaborative working between School Partnerships , Bristol Local Authority and the Child of Hope Christian charity. It was written to support teachers of KS1 to plan and teach the National Curriculum for Geography: place knowledge.

Namatala is classified as a slum and is located on the outskirts of Mbale in the African country of Uganda. Life in the slum can fruitfully be compared and contrasted with the area where your school is and where children in your school live. You can find all the resources for this unit below.

Supporting images can be found here:

Accompanying videos to the unit can be found on the Child of Hope website here .

KEY STAGE 3

Unit enquiry question: why does st nicholas of tolentino church provide ‘sanctuary’ for refugees.

A 6-week scheme of work for Year 8 exploring themes of social justice within the local context of St Nicholas of Tolentino church. Download the complete resources here .

KEY STAGE 4

Non-examined course for re.

The Bristol Agreed Syllabus ‘Awareness Mystery and Value’ when it was re-written in 2016 stated that SACRE expected students at Key Stage 4 to follow either full- or short-course GCSE RS, or entry-level certificate RS; or ASDAN Beliefs and Values or OCR ALL certificate.

Bristol SACRE still upholds these recommendations as best practice. Find complete resources to support delivery of a non-examined short course for KS4 here .