Join the campaign
Culham St Gabriel’s Trust has a strong history of supporting initial teacher education; it lies at the heart of the Trust’s charitable objectives. Over the years the Trust has supported the following initiatives:
- In 2014-15 the Trust collaborated with other charities to make funding available for potential secondary beginner teachers, and alongside this lobbied for the reintroduction of bursaries and for funded subject knowledge enhancement courses.
- In 2015-2020, after a successful campaign called ‘Beyond the Ordinary’ the Government reintroduced bursaries for secondary beginner teachers of RE.
- In 2018, after successful lobbying the Government introduced funded subject knowledge enhancement courses for RE for the first time.
In 2022-24, the Trust has stepped up again with several other funders to support a further recruitment campaign. Below you will find a range of resources which we encourage you to use in your own advocacy and support of our recruitment campaign.
NEW!!! Subject Knowledge Enhancement Resources
Many of you will know that government funding for subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses for RE has been cut from 10th April this year. In light of this a small group have got together to create a list of largely free alternatives that may be of interest to all ITT providers. We hope you find it helpful.
Download it here
Briefing paper
This briefing paper sets out the current challenges regarding the recruitment of Religious Education and offers policies to improve the situation.
