Jan McGuire

 “It is a privilege to serve on the RE Hubs steering group. Supporting and mentoring the future and current leaders of religion and worldviews education is a vital part of my role as co-chair of AREIAC, and I believe that the RE Hubs will help to cultivate development opportunities.“ Jan McGuire, Association of Religious Education (RVE) Inspectors, Advisors and Consultants for England and Wales (AREIAC)

Religion and worldviews education has been central to Jan’s career. An experienced classroom teacher of RE for over 20 years, teaching primary, secondary, through to higher education level, she served as a head of department, head of faculty, advanced skills teacher, associate senior leader and as a regional and national consultant supporting local authorities and four SACRE’s.

Jan graduated in Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Surrey and Education at the University of Cambridge. She has subsequently researched and mentored higher education students in Theology at Cambridge and scholars on the Farmington scholarship programme. Jan’s research and papers include a focus on religion and worldviews (Barnet Ann Taves Project 2024), mentoring of RE leaders (AREIAC Revitalise/ Culham Leadership Programme), youth and spirituality (Westminster, Cambridge) and sensitive and controversial issues (2018 UN adopted ‘Teaching Controversial Issues Toolkit’).

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