An analysis of the School Workforce Census by the Religious Education Council (REC) and the National Association of Teachers of RE (NATRE) found that 787 schools (or 28 per cent) of all the 2,793 Census schools said they gave no time to RE in year 11.
Furthermore, a separate survey of 790 secondary schools revealed that a quarter do not provide a weekly RE lesson to pupils. In academy and free schools this figure rises to 34 per cent for 11 to 13-year-olds and 44 per cent for 14 to 16-year-olds.
All state-funded schools, including academies and free schools, are legally required by the 1998 School Standards and Framework Act to provide RE.
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