RE Council establishes Qualifications Committee

http://religiouseducationcouncil.org.uk/educators/news/2014-04-15/re-council-establishes-qualifications-committee

Arrangements for the reform of GCSE criteria for RS have been announced; it is intended that the new exams will be available for teaching from September 2016.
The Committee is working in partnership with the awarding organisations, Ofqual and DfE, and with REC reference group members,  to deliver the reforms.
On  Wednesday, 9th April 2014, DfE confirmed that plans were in place to reform the GCSE and GCE criteria for a number of non-EBacc subjects, including RS, in time for first teaching in September 2016. This announcement represented a significant positive step forward in policy terms since it brought RS into line with the plans for non-core EBacc subjects such as History and Geography which would also be introduced in 2016. See the press release here.