Welcome to Stockton On Tees SACRE
Stockton-On-Tees Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) is made up of representatives from the council, local religious and teachers’ organisations.
Our aim is to provide high quality, informed service in the LA and to schools regarding religious education and collective worship in Stockton.
Every local authority (LA) is required by law to establish a SACRE to advise on matters relating to religious education and collective worship. SACRE conducts all its business through the local authority. Stockton-On-Tees SACRE meets three times a year.
The responsibilities of SACRE are:
- to provide advice to the LA on all aspects of its provision for Religious Education (RE) in its schools (the does not include Voluntary Aided Schools)
- to decide whether the LA’s Agreed Syllabus for RE needs to be reviewed and to require the LA does so
- to provide advice to the LA on Collective Worship in its schools (this does not include Voluntary Aided or Voluntary Controlled Schools)
- to consider any requests from Head teachers to hold Collective Worship that is not of a broadly Christian character
- to advise on matters relating to training for teachers in RE and Collective Worship
A SACRE is made up of four committees:
- representatives of Christian denominations and other religions and their denominations which reflect the principal religious traditions of the borough
- representatives of the Church of England
- representatives of the teaching profession
- representatives from the LA, including Councillors and RE advisors
Current membership of SACRE:
| Title or role | Name |
| Chair of SACRE | Alison Morgan (LA Representative)/ Kate Craven (Methodist Church) |
| Vice Chair | |
| Clerk to SACRE | Emily Cheesman |
Representatives of Christian denominations and other religions:
| Denomination | Name |
| Baptist | Mrs G McCleave |
| Church of the Latter Day Saints | Mr C Marshall |
| Sikhism | Dr G Randhawa |
| Islam | Mrs Z Khan |
| Roman Catholic | Mrs M Russell |
| Salvation Army | Major N Barker |
| Baha’i Faith | Mr A Momtazi |
Representatives of the Church of England:
Mr V Watton
Rev M Anderson
Mrs L Probets
Representatives from the LA:
Cllr C Clark
Cllr T Strike
Cllr T Hampton
Miss B Inman
