Schools - religious observance and religious education: consultation analysis
Independent analysis of responses to the Scottish Government consultation on proposals to amend the legislation on religious observance (RO) and religious and moral education (RME) in schools to support alignment with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Footnotes
1. In this document ‘parent’ is used to describe anyone with parental responsibilities or care of a child or young person, including carers or guardians.
2. In this document, unless stated otherwise, ‘RME’ is used to describe teaching in both non-denominational and denominational schools.
3. The remainder of respondents (7%) did not answer the closed question. This includes a sizeable proportion of organisation respondents. This typically reflects the fact that many organisation respondents consulted with other stakeholders when preparing their response and mixed views were expressed, making it difficult to form a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ response.
4. Percentages do not total 100% as respondents in some cases identified negative and positive impacts.
5. This does not total 100% as respondents provided both negative and positive feedback on the proposed changes in some cases.
6 Percentages do not total 100% due to respondents providing a mix of negative, positive, and/or other comments.
Contact
Email: ROandRME@gov.scot