Arrive at a church after religious education (5)
I believe the answer is:
reach
'arrive at' is the definition.
('reach' can be a synonym of 'arrive at')
'a church after religious education' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'religious education' becomes 're'.
'a'+'ch'='ach'
'ach' after 're' is 'REACH'.
(Other definitions for reach that I've seen before include "Get in touch" , "Be received" , "Arrive at a point" , "Attain - make contact with" , "Get as far as" .)