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The Joint SACREs Conference Report was noted by the membership. This was the result of a recent conference held in Reading, attended by around 200 delegates.

The members were encouraged by the positive response regarding teachers’ confidence with the syllabus. However, concerns were raised whether this was a reliable, as the responses had been not gathered from many schools. During discussion it was felt that the future syllabus, when distributed to schools, would benefit from having a sheet explaining the role of the teacher in Religious Education.

Also noted was a survey released by the Office for National Statistics in 2010, which found 93% of people in the Slough said they had a religious affiliation, the highest in the country.