How to Lead It: Primary RE

Katie Gooch is an experienced teacher, with over 10 years of senior leadership experience. As the Primary Religion and Worldviews Subject Lead and curriculum writer for United Learning, Katie supports teachers across the UK with subject networks, ITT, and school visits, offering advice on curriculum development to improve teaching and learning. Beyond her school role, Katie became involved in her local SACRE, and the NATRE national executive and is currently Vice-Chair of AREIAC. Series editor Jon Hutchinson is Director of Curriculum and Teacher Development at the Reach Foundation. Prior to this, Jon was a primary school teacher, A level religious studies teacher, and assistant headteacher at Reach Academy Feltham. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jon was a founding member of Oak National Academy, leading the primary humanities curriculum. He has acted as an expert adviser to the DfE on various groups, including as a member of the core group which developed the Early Career Framework. Follow Jon @jon_hutchinson_ on X and Bluesky.

The perennial challenge for primary leaders is supporting colleagues to teach everything well—often without specialist training or time. This series meets that challenge head on. It's full of evidence-based strategies that will help leaders to build powerful, knowledge-rich curriculums and teaching practices in a range of subjects.