Barnabas Fund is asking Christians to donate teaching packs to schools to help enrich the teaching of Christianity within Religious Education.

It has launched the new Assisting Christianity Teaching in Schools (ACTS) resource pack following an Ofsted report last year which found that the quality of RE lessons at many primary schools was “not good enough”.

The Ofsted report rated only six out of 10 schools "satisfactory" in teaching RE.

ACTS addresses a particular concern of the report, which read: “In many cases, the study of Jesus focused on an unsystematic collection of information about his life, with limited reference to his theological significance within the faith.”

The pack is aimed at ages 7 to 11, but a smaller bonus pack has been made available for ages 5 to 7.

The main pack covers four key areas – the basics of Christianity, Bible reference, character development, and the life and teachings of Jesus.

The pack includes children’s fiction and biographies, posters, maps, Bible guides, fact books, Bible story books, time lines, animated DVDs, activity workbooks and presentation slides.

Barnabas Fund is encouraging churches or individuals to buy a pack and donate it as a gift to their local school.

The organisation said: “ACTS is an exciting opportunity for Christians to invest in material that will assist schools in their presentation of Christianity and introduce Christian reference and reading books into school libraries.

“Many people have alerted Operation Nehemiah to the need for better materials for teaching Christianity in schools. Many churches and individual Christians are already working with schools in their local communities.

“By reaching out to schools and equipping them with material that will make a difference, the ACTS resource pack will fulfil this need and support these people.”