| AdminHistory | In May 1946 a conference was held in Birmingham to consider the question of an Agreed Syllabus of Religious Instruction in schools. The drawing up of such a syllabus was one of the obligations imposed on Local Education Authorities by the Education Act, 1944, in order to improve religious education in schools. The conference also considered the possibility of the Education Committee setting up a Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1944. The Council would advise the Local Education Authority on issues relating to religious education and the Agreed Syllabus with particular reference to methods of teaching and texts used, the availability of courses and lectures for teachers and the review of the Agreed Syllabus itself.
In February 1950 the Education Committee decided to constitute a Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education and in the November of that year the Education Committee approved the constitution for the Standing Advisory Council which was to be composed of three representatives of the Local Education Authority, four representatives of the Church of England, four representatives of the Free Churches, one District Inspector of Schools and twelve teachers. The Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education met from the end of 1950 although the minute book listed here does not start until February 1952. |