Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (SACRE) membership
SACRE is made up of four groups of members representing:
- Group A: Faith groups and Christian denominations other than the Church of England
- Group B: The Church of England (Christianity)
- Group C: Teachers’ associations
- Group D: The local authority
In addition, members are co-opted to the group to include people with particular expertise in the areas of religious education or to represent other groups.
Luton SACRE membership (June 2026)
Group A (12 members) Representative religions:
- Baha'i: Farzad Forghani
- Council of Faiths: Ryad Khodabocus
- Hinduism: Yogesh Mistry
- Humanism: Charles Baily
- Judaism: Carol Green
- Luton Council of Mosques: Masood Akhtar, Sujel Miah, Muhammad Rayhan
- Pentecostal: Paul Quinton
- Quakers: Kevin Smith
- Roman Catholic: Pauline Cuddihy
- Sikhi: Jasvinder Nagra Singh
- Sunni: Saraj Qazi for Imam Qazi Abdul Aziz Chishti (or other representative)
Group B (three members) Church of England:Configuration
- Ulrike Hunt
- Ryan Parker
- Reverend Luke Larner
Group C (six members) Associations representing teachers:
- Chair: Noshin Hussain
- Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
- National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT):Mark Sherwin-Peddie
- National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT): Elif Ucar,Sharon Welburn,Grietje Reid
- National Education Union (NEU): Tazeen Rashid, David Mingay, Aalia Hussain
Group D (five members) local authority:
- Conservative: Councillor Aziz Ambia
- Labour: Councillor Charmaine Isles
- Labour: Councillor Rehana Malik
- Liberal Democrat: Councillor Adrees Latif
- Local authority representative: Caroline Dawes, Head of Standards and Effectiveness in Education
Co-opted Members as needed:
- Luton Education Service: Clare Hodgson
- Luton Sixth Form College: Kay Kokabi
Clerk to Luton SACRE:
- Patricia Hyman, LA Governor and Education Service Support Officer