Religious Education at Lacewood is non-denominational and is often given through cross-curricular work as well as teaching as a specific subject matter in class.  Moral and social standards are presented and the child’s experience of people is expanded when they move from home into school where there are many more groups.

Good relationships are fostered by the children being encouraged to develop a sense of their own identity and worth, and to understand and appreciate that human feeling and ideas can be expressed through symbols and artefacts.  We encourage children to explore the natural world and various human responses to it, extending their awareness that people commit themselves to beliefs and causes.

Many of these objectives can be taught through themes, but it is also necessary for the children to know the principle beliefs of the Christian religion as this knowledge is central to our understanding many of the events and personalities of the past and the present.

As part of National Curriculum requirements and the Locally Agreed Syllabus other major world religions are included in the R.E. curriculum to develop awareness and promote an atmosphere for learning in which pupils feel free to express their views and opinions at the same time being encouraged to show a willing respect of the opinions of others.