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AREIAC is an organisation for specialist educationalists, all qualified teachers, providing advice, challenge, leadership, training and support for multi-faith religious education in schools and colleges.

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It is a conduit supporting the trainers / leaders / advisers of RE and the home of expertise for anybody involved in the teaching of RE.

 

It has an organising committee and regional groups which meet to share and develop resources, to support teachers and to discuss national issues around excellent religious education.

Report on the
2025 conference

Regional AREIAC groups
via the menu 

RE Showcase

RE Hubs is a one-stop shop for teachers & professionals of RE/RVE/R&W to find high-quality resources & support in your local area

​​June, 2026​​​​​​​​​

  • CHRISTIAN: Corpus Christi - 4th

  • MUSLIM: Eid ul Ghadir - 4th

  • CHRISTIAN: Sacred Heart of Jesus - 12th

  • SIKHI: Martydom of Guru Arjan - 16th

  • MUSLIM: Al-Hijra (1443) - 17th

  • CHINESE: Dragon Boat Festival - 19th

  • PAGAN: Midsummer Solstice - 21st

  • HUMANIST: World Humanist Day - 21st

  • MUSLIM: Ashura - 26th

  • CHRISTIAN: St Peter and Paul - 29th

The dates for the calendar are provided by the Shap Working Party (www.shapworkingparty.org.uk) where you can order your own festival wallchart or eCal.

UPCOMING EVENTS / NEWS

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  • All Saints Edcuational Trust awards for RE teacher opens for bids on 1 June, 2026 - please share

  • A new section for members - FAQs

  • Some interfaith support materials from Interfaith Week (Nov) can be found at this link.​

  • National Call  to action from the RE community that is ‘live’ at the moment as the government has proposed a change to the way that a Religious Studies GCSE will count as part of accountability measures - more information at this link

  • Some interfaith support materials from Interfaith Week

  • The SPRING 2026 newsletter is now available for members see the NEWS section. 

  • Newsletter (Spring 2026) - this is now available for download in the Newsletters Page (members)

  • Curriculum and Assessment Review

  • ​AULRE Webinars - a series of webinars from AULRE led by research leads - see this link

  • RE Toolkit the REC have produced their religion and worldviews approach to RE toolkit - download

  • NATIONAL CONTENT STANDARD - AREIAC executive has endorsed the NCS for RE - link

  • ​JOB OPPORTUNITIES - See Opportunities Section in REsources tab (members only)

  • CPD opportunity: A series of webinars during the year. All are free for AREIAC members, non-members please mail the chair (chair@areiac.org.uk) 

  • Future Dates for your Diary: ​

 

Other links and information that may be useful can be found on the RE-HUBS calendar.

Download the constitution of AREIAC

Download a flyer about AREIAC

The AGM of AREIAC will take place on Wednsday July 1st, 2026. This is for PAID UP members only. Infomation can be found on the Meetings page any questions contact membership@areiac.org.uk  

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