Deborah Weston
@deborahweston.bsky.social
NATRE Research Officer, REPU Chair, REC Officer. OBE. Passionate about RE / Religion and worldviews and political campaigning for better provision. Nana to two small boys who I hope can keep me young 😀. All views are my own.
At @natre-update.bsky.social we are really grateful to @allsaintsedtrust.bsky.social for supporting our programme of support for #ECT teachers of RE. Find out more here: www.natre.org.uk/membership/e...
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
At @natre-update.bsky.social we are really grateful to @allsaintsedtrust.bsky.social for supporting our programme of support for #ECT teachers of RE. Find out more here: www.natre.org.uk/membership/e...
Looking forward to meeting #ECT1, #ECT2 and #TWOs on Monday 8th September for the first NATRE FREE webinar of the academic year on #religiouseducation. I’ll be joined by @katiekatie84.bsky.social @fionajmoss.bsky.social 4-5:30pm on zoom
The 2025-26 line up of free CPD webinars for #new2RE teachers is now available on our website. Here is what’s on offer in the Autumn term. You just need to register here to be sent the link www.natre.org.uk/membership/e...
#TeamRE Please share with any ECTs and any TWOs who will be teaching RE
#TeamRE Please share with any ECTs and any TWOs who will be teaching RE
September 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Looking forward to meeting #ECT1, #ECT2 and #TWOs on Monday 8th September for the first NATRE FREE webinar of the academic year on #religiouseducation. I’ll be joined by @katiekatie84.bsky.social @fionajmoss.bsky.social 4-5:30pm on zoom
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Great opportunity to give evidence about ways to secure high-quality #RE to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on behalf of the #RECouncil today. @deborahweston.bsky.social
Good to catch up with @lundieeducation.bsky.social and hear his evidence about media literacy too.
#TeamRE
Good to catch up with @lundieeducation.bsky.social and hear his evidence about media literacy too.
#TeamRE
June 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Great opportunity to give evidence about ways to secure high-quality #RE to the House of Commons Education Select Committee on behalf of the #RECouncil today. @deborahweston.bsky.social
Good to catch up with @lundieeducation.bsky.social and hear his evidence about media literacy too.
#TeamRE
Good to catch up with @lundieeducation.bsky.social and hear his evidence about media literacy too.
#TeamRE
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Following the launch of Lord Karan Bilimoria’s #RE4Work campaign, dozens of leading organisations have said they want high quality Religious Education across the country to prepare young people for the world of work www.rethinkre.org/ready-for-wo... ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
April 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Following the launch of Lord Karan Bilimoria’s #RE4Work campaign, dozens of leading organisations have said they want high quality Religious Education across the country to prepare young people for the world of work www.rethinkre.org/ready-for-wo... ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
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Susie Al-Qassab, lawyer at Bellevue Law, backs
Lord_Bilimoria's #RE4Work campaign, and wants more young people receiving high-quality Religious Education in order to prepare them for the world of work. ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
Lord_Bilimoria's #RE4Work campaign, and wants more young people receiving high-quality Religious Education in order to prepare them for the world of work. ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
May 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Susie Al-Qassab, lawyer at Bellevue Law, backs
Lord_Bilimoria's #RE4Work campaign, and wants more young people receiving high-quality Religious Education in order to prepare them for the world of work. ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
Lord_Bilimoria's #RE4Work campaign, and wants more young people receiving high-quality Religious Education in order to prepare them for the world of work. ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
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Mark Huxley, business mentor and trustee of City Gateway, believes Religious Education has a highly positive impact on shaping a young person’s character as they enter the workforce. ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
May 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Mark Huxley, business mentor and trustee of City Gateway, believes Religious Education has a highly positive impact on shaping a young person’s character as they enter the workforce. ⬇️ #Worldviews #TeamRE #RethinkRE
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A great report on the challenges facing religious education by @itvnews.bsky.social, featuring interviews with students about why the subject is so important to them #RENationalPlan #TeamRE #RETeacher #Worldviews
May 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A great report on the challenges facing religious education by @itvnews.bsky.social, featuring interviews with students about why the subject is so important to them #RENationalPlan #TeamRE #RETeacher #Worldviews
Good to meet Kirith Entwistle bsky.app/profile/kiri... MP for Bolton North East yesterday. Another of the new generation of Labour MPs who value the work of teachers of RE & who support the work of bsky.app/profile/natr... & @RECouncil in securing the best RE for all children.
May 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Good to meet Kirith Entwistle bsky.app/profile/kiri... MP for Bolton North East yesterday. Another of the new generation of Labour MPs who value the work of teachers of RE & who support the work of bsky.app/profile/natr... & @RECouncil in securing the best RE for all children.
Join Lat and me tonight at 4pm!Calling all ECTs and #New2RE teachers with other specialisms. Sign up here www.natre.org.uk/membership/e... @natre-update.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Join Lat and me tonight at 4pm!Calling all ECTs and #New2RE teachers with other specialisms. Sign up here www.natre.org.uk/membership/e... @natre-update.bsky.social
Just 10 days to go before NATRE’s IN PERSON annual conference. I’m really looking forward to leading a session with Jemma Brown for the first time. Bookings close on Friday, so book today if you can! www.natre.org.uk/courses-even...
NATRE Strictly RE 2025: National Religious Education
Strictly RE national conference 2025 of NATRE, RE teacher CPD and training
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January 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Just 10 days to go before NATRE’s IN PERSON annual conference. I’m really looking forward to leading a session with Jemma Brown for the first time. Bookings close on Friday, so book today if you can! www.natre.org.uk/courses-even...
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I reckon if you put me and @deborahweston.bsky.social in a room together for 24 hours and then came to let us out, we’d still be sat there nattering!
a red sign that says " talking club now in session "
ALT: a red sign that says " talking club now in session "
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December 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I reckon if you put me and @deborahweston.bsky.social in a room together for 24 hours and then came to let us out, we’d still be sat there nattering!
Had a wonderful day with more than 80 teachers with the bonus of catching up with @missdcox.bsky.social @karenza.bsky.social Sue Holmes and Marilyn Cowling. #REsisterhood
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Had a wonderful day with more than 80 teachers with the bonus of catching up with @missdcox.bsky.social @karenza.bsky.social Sue Holmes and Marilyn Cowling. #REsisterhood
Great opportunity for free CPD on Monday 9th December 4-5:30pm for ECTs (all phases) and secondary TWOs. Join me!
The next #new2RE webinar will be on Monday 9th Dec from 4-5.30. Join @deborahweston.bsky.social and a panel of guests representing a range of Buddhist worldviews, including Amalandi, Jo Backus, Joyce Miller and @wedossett.bsky.social
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#TeamRE
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#TeamRE
December 1, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Great opportunity for free CPD on Monday 9th December 4-5:30pm for ECTs (all phases) and secondary TWOs. Join me!
Please ask your MP why @educationgovuk withdrew subject knowledge enhancement grants for RE when 27% of religious education 2024/5 recruits secured a place on condition of that grant? RE missed the target by 22% so surely no grant means fewer recruits? @NATREupdate @bphillipsonMP
November 10, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Please ask your MP why @educationgovuk withdrew subject knowledge enhancement grants for RE when 27% of religious education 2024/5 recruits secured a place on condition of that grant? RE missed the target by 22% so surely no grant means fewer recruits? @NATREupdate @bphillipsonMP
Great advice for the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government on #religiouseducation and #teacherrecruitment from @re-mcgee.bsky.social from @natre-update.bsky.social on BBC Radio this morning. 07:45 into this link www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #teamre
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August 25, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Great advice for the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government on #religiouseducation and #teacherrecruitment from @re-mcgee.bsky.social from @natre-update.bsky.social on BBC Radio this morning. 07:45 into this link www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #teamre
So excited that we will be back face to face again. #teamRE
You heard it here first…
#StrictlyRE is back face to face for 2025! All of the fantastic CPD, plus networking, laughter, food and all the other wonderful things about seeing each other in person.
Full details here www.natre.org.uk/courses-even...
#StrictlyRE is back face to face for 2025! All of the fantastic CPD, plus networking, laughter, food and all the other wonderful things about seeing each other in person.
Full details here www.natre.org.uk/courses-even...
August 21, 2024 at 7:53 AM
So excited that we will be back face to face again. #teamRE
I posted recently congratulating teachers of RE about the narrow disadvantage gap for A level RS. Here’s another fun fact: Disadvantaged pupils are twice as likely as their peers to choose to study RS at this level! Here’s the evidence #TeamRE @natre-update.bsky.social
Do disadvantaged students choose different subjects from their peers at Key Stage 5? - FFT Education Datalab
We look at the routes that disadvantaged students take at Key Stage 5 and the individual subjects that they choose
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August 19, 2024 at 6:39 AM
I posted recently congratulating teachers of RE about the narrow disadvantage gap for A level RS. Here’s another fun fact: Disadvantaged pupils are twice as likely as their peers to choose to study RS at this level! Here’s the evidence #TeamRE @natre-update.bsky.social
Following discussions here about the smaller number of As & A*s in RS, this data from 2023 shows the disadvantaged gap (ie difference in performance between disadvantaged pupils and their peers) varies significantly between subjects. Well done #TeamRE @natre-update.bsky.social #makingadifference
August 18, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Following discussions here about the smaller number of As & A*s in RS, this data from 2023 shows the disadvantaged gap (ie difference in performance between disadvantaged pupils and their peers) varies significantly between subjects. Well done #TeamRE @natre-update.bsky.social #makingadifference
A level RS is good preparation for a range of degree courses and not exclusively in the humanities. Read about the most popular subject combinations here from @natre-update.bsky.social www.natre.org.uk/news/latest-...
August 17, 2024 at 8:15 PM
A level RS is good preparation for a range of degree courses and not exclusively in the humanities. Read about the most popular subject combinations here from @natre-update.bsky.social www.natre.org.uk/news/latest-...
If you are interested in how the number of entries for A level RS have changed over time in England and Wales you might want to read this article from NATRE-update.bsky.social #teamRE
www.natre.org.uk/news/latest-...
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A level entries for RS in England remain stable over time in England but continue to decline in Wales
media release on 2024 A level results_Subject leaders warn the success story of A level RS risks being undone by neglect of RE specialism in schools
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August 17, 2024 at 8:06 PM
If you are interested in how the number of entries for A level RS have changed over time in England and Wales you might want to read this article from NATRE-update.bsky.social #teamRE
www.natre.org.uk/news/latest-...
www.natre.org.uk/news/latest-...
Congratulations to students and their teachers receiving their level 3 results today. @natre-update.bsky.social published a news release www.NATRE.org.uk/news/latest-... Although most Humanities saw a decline in entries, the drop for RS in England is one of the smallest at 1.5% #TeamRE @natre-update
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Stay informed about religious education news with NATRE's latest updates.
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August 15, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Congratulations to students and their teachers receiving their level 3 results today. @natre-update.bsky.social published a news release www.NATRE.org.uk/news/latest-... Although most Humanities saw a decline in entries, the drop for RS in England is one of the smallest at 1.5% #TeamRE @natre-update