Frequently Asked Questions

You are required to provide a completed SRE teacher register form which includes the name, contact details, and date of birth for all SRE teachers and helpers.

This information is used by the school to cross check each SRE teacher and helper on the Department of Education’s ‘Not To Be Employed’ database.

The SRE Teacher Register Form is your authorisation letter. SRE Coordinator should complete the form and give it to the school by the first week of SRE in term 1.

The approved provider for all Sydney Anglican Churches is the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Please ensure this is included on the SRE Teacher Register form.

No. Every SRE teacher must complete 2 hours of development training per year, starting the year after they have completed accreditation training. SRE coordinators should put the year of the teacher’s last training (either accreditation or development training) into the development training column in your parish SRE file to ensure their authorisation records are complete.

Yes. Every SRE teacher is required to be up to date with all accreditation requirements in order to be authorised to teach SRE. We suggest that all casual SRE teachers teach an extra lesson alongside the regular SRE teacher in order to complete their observation requirement.

Whether new SRE Authorisation Forms are required is at the discretion of the new Senior Minister. Where new forms are completed, new authorisation cards will also be required.

Where new forms are not completed, authorisation cards signed by the previous Senior Minister will continue to be valid until new cards are issued, which occurs every two years. When new cards are issued, they will be signed by the locum or new Senior Minster.