Religious Education is concerned with the faiths and beliefs of differing cultures, many of which are visible in Britain today.  The scheme of work is designed to incorporate teaching on a number of these faiths, whilst basing itself firmly in the Christian tradition of Monmouth School.  The RE Department has a crucial role to play, not just in educating Monmouth School pupils about particular faiths and cultures, but in challenging and overcoming prejudice and racism wherever possible.

As a Department, we recognise in our teaching the contributions to the development of our society and culture that have been made by other cultures.  We adopt the view that sees cultural diversity as a positive advantage.

We choose resources which are factually accurate and up-to-date; which do not stereotype individuals or groups or equate the white man or any one religion with 'civilisation', and which seek to communicate how it feels to be of another religious, ethnic or cultural group.

It is vital that we recognise the diversity of religious belief within the school itself, ensuring accuracy at all times in the information we deliver.  The pupils themselves may prove to be invaluable resources in this regard: their own personal experience of their own religion may well outstrip anything that a textbook has to offer.

It is fair to say that modern society is more secular now than at any time in the past.  In our teaching, we look at the worldviews that influence people today and at the forces that control their behaviour.  As well as recognised religions, we examine such worldviews as consumerism and National Socialism to see how they function and control peoples' actions.  In this way, we hope to offer pupils a wide variety of religious education to prepare them for the world in which they will live.