The Religious Education Quality Mark is an awards scheme for schools. 

It is run by the RE Council of England and Wales as a ‘not-for-profit’ project to help teachers and their school celebrate great RE – across all sector, phases and settings.
 
Schools can achieve the award at Bronze, Silver or Gold levels, and since it was founded in 2012 the REQM community has grown to more than 600 schools.  Some of these schools are returning for a third award cycle now, and loyalty to REQM has shown how popular it is with those involved.

School leaders have become REQM assessors themselves, and the scheme has partnered national organisations and other funders to provide support for RE at events and in publications.
 
New criteria for the award (validated by the REC in 2019) became the new framework for all participating schools in January 2021.  Referencing the language of ‘religion and worldviews’ used by the Commission on RE in 2018, new OFSTED and Section 48 inspection frameworks, and presenting four strands covering teaching, learning, curriculum and leadership, these criteria have been well received by schools and assessors engaged in the celebration of the subject and its impact.
 
All awards are now managed through an online process developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but now established as a thriving and rigorous way to communicate effective RE.