A free 14-page Religious Education starter pack designed to help Year 7 SEND pupils access important curriculum knowledge with greater confidence.

The pack provides a calm, predictable approach to learning, with simplified explanations, clearly defined vocabulary, short reading sections, structured activities and supported writing frames.

It includes accessible resources for all six branches of the Religious Education Directory:

Creation and Covenant
Prophecy and Promise
Galilee to Jerusalem
Desert to Garden
To the Ends of the Earth
Dialogue and Encounter

Resources include:

Practical SEND guidance for teachers
Pupil support-choice sheet
Core RE vocabulary mat
Six branch worksheets
Chunked religious knowledge
Key-word definitions
Graphic organisers
Sentence starters
Supported explanation tasks
Twelve-question retrieval review
Reusable RE writing mat
Pupil confidence tracker
Model answers and teacher guidance

The activities are suitable for whole-class adaptive teaching, SEND intervention, teaching-assistant sessions, pre-teaching, lesson consolidation, catch-up work and assessment preparation.

Pupils can respond through sentences, bullet points, diagrams or spoken answers. Each worksheet includes manageable reading, an organisation task and a scaffolded explanation question.

Aligned to To Know You More Clearly: The Religious Education Directory for Catholic Schools, Colleges and Academies in England and Wales (© Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, 2023; published by the Catholic Education Service; source: ).

This is an independent teaching resource written to support delivery of the Directory’s branches and outcomes. It does not reproduce the Directory’s text, tables or curriculum statements beyond fair citation, and it is not an official or approved edition.

Scripture is cited by reference only — pupils read passages from their own class Bible or lectionary; no Bible text is reproduced. Quotations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the documents of the Second Vatican Council are © Libreria Editrice Vaticana and are cited by reference.

Not affiliated with, endorsed by, approved by or produced by the Catholic Education Service, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales or any diocese. Schools should follow their own diocesan guidance.

All lesson content, slides, artwork and wording are original to Verity Education. © Verity Education 2026. Licensed for use within the purchasing school.