RE and SACRE: training
Details of local CPD events and contacts for training opportunities will be included on this page as they arise.
The RE Quality Mark is an excellent form of professional development:
Farmington scholarships are available to any RE teacher who has been 2 years in their current post. Some brilliant work has been done through this.
Culham St Gabriel’s Trust provides a good range of courses for all stages of career including pre-ITT
Culham St Gabriel's Trust: Programmes
RE Event: 21 October 2026 at St Albans Cathedral
If you have any queries please contact: juliet.whitehead@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Shammi Rahman, RE Specialist Adviser, Hertfordshire SACRE
Shammi has over two decades of teaching RE. She is a former member of the Advisory Board for the Children’s Commissioner for England, is currently a member of the expert advisory group for RE at Oak National Academy and sits on the Subject Consultative Forum for OCR RE and History.
Previously an education consultant for Milton Keynes Council, she now works for HFL Education as an Equality and Diversity Adviser as well as being the SACRE RE Adviser. Shammi also runs her own consultancy business and is the contributor to RE Today articles and blogs as well as the recently published book: Succeeding as an RE Teacher written for ECTs and Trainee Teachers and Teachers of Religious Education
Shammi is able to work with schools to strengthen RE provision, meet statutory and Ofsted expectations, and ensure RE remains relevant and inspiring for all pupils.
She can be contacted via email: Shammi.Rahman@hfleducation.org or T: 01438 544 464 or M: 07741500392