An education in religion and worldviews should:

• introduce pupils to the rich diversity of religion and non-religion, locally and globally, as a key part of understanding how the world works and what it means to be human

• stimulate pupils’ curiosity about, and interest in, this diversity of worldviews, both religious and non-religious

• expand upon how worldviews work, and how different worldviews, religious and non-religious, influence individuals, communities, and society

• develop pupils’ awareness that learning about worldviews involves interpreting the significance and meaning of information they study

• develop pupils’ appreciation of the complexity of worldviews, and sensitivity to the problems of religious language and experience

• induct pupils into the processes and scholarly methods by which we can study religion, religious and non-religious worldviews

• enable pupils, by the end of their studies, to identify positions and presuppositions of different academic disciplines and their implications for understanding

• give pupils opportunities to explore the relationship between religious worldviews and literature, culture and the arts

• include pupils in the enterprise of interrogating the sources of their own developing worldviews and how they may benefit from exploring the rich and complex heritage of humanity

• provide opportunities for pupils to reflect on the relationship between their personal worldviews and the content studied, equipping them to develop their own informed responses in the light of their learning.