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Our vision is to empower our children to become responsible, courageous and compassionate citizens who are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to succeed in a changing world.

Our Vision is rooted in Jesus’s Parable of the Good Samaritan, which teaches us the importance of having compassion for others, whatever their background; the courage to act when others choose not to; and to take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

Our RE curriculum supports our vision by giving children a broad knowledge and deep appreciation for a wide range of world religions around a core of Christian beliefs, rituals, celebrations and spirituality. As well as equipping them with the skills to explore their natural curiosity and discover what it means to live our school values of Courage, Compassion and Responsibility.

The Religious Education curriculum at Upton Heath is informed by the Cheshire West and Chester RE syllabus. As a Church of England School our Religious Education curriculum also incorporates elements of Understanding Christianity as recommended by the Chester Diocese. Understanding Christianity is a project which helps 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.

The Religious Education curriculum at UHPS aims to ensure that all pupils:

• Gain a coherent and widespread understanding of religious (and non-religious) beliefs and practices in the UK and around the world.

• Gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of Christian teaching and the Bible and are given the opportunity to apply this to their understanding of the world and their own experience in it.

• Are given the opportunity to consider and develop their own spirituality.

• Are able to understand the connection between Christian teachings and beliefs, and our school’s Christian values of Courage, Compassion and Responsibility.

• Are encouraged and motivated to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, consider arguments and develop perspective and judgement.

• Begin to understand and respect the complexity of people’s lives, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.