Explore different routes into RE leadership
Five leaders share the experiences, relationships and opportunities that shaped their careers in Religion and Worldviews education.
There is no single route into leadership. These case studies offer practical insight into local, regional and national roles, and show how listening, collaboration and professional learning can open new possibilities.
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Four areas of leadership
The leadership programme highlights four connected areas. Each appears in different ways across the journeys below.
Curriculum
Shaping purposeful and ambitious RE.
Classroom and pedagogy
Strengthening teaching and learning in practice.
Politics and policy
Influencing the systems in which RE operates.
Research
Using and contributing to evidence-informed practice.
CAREER JOURNEYS
Meet the leaders
Read about the choices, relationships and experiences that helped five practitioners develop their leadership.
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Dr Richard Kueh
Richard reflects on his journey into local, regional and national subject leadership, including his experience as Ofsted’s Subject Lead for RE.
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Rhiannon Love
Rhiannon, Route Leader Secondary RE PGCE and Senior Lecturer at the University of Winchester, shares her unusual journey.
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Ben Wood
Ben, former Chair of NATRE, explains how listening to others and learning from them has shaped his leadership journey.
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Rebecca Swansbury
Rebecca, Schools Officer (Christian Character) for the Diocese of Canterbury, explains how RE leadership found her.
LEADERSHIP JOURNEY
Katie Freeman
Katie, Chair of NATRE, discusses the importance of listening to others when taking on new challenges.
FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Develop your leadership
Culham St Gabriel’s works with the main RE organisations to deliver a leadership scholarship programme for people seeking to create systemic change in Religion and Worldviews education.
A separate collection of scholarship case studies shows the different journeys participants have taken and the value they found in the programme.