Religious Education

Course Information

Core Ethics, Philosophy and Religion (studied by all pupils)

Students undertake their study on three collapsed timetable days in each year of Key Stage 4. The focus of the ‘Religion and Ethics Days’ are: 

• The Existence of God… (Does God exist...?) 

• Sanctity of Life debate... (Heaven and Hell; Abortion and Euthanasia...?) 

• ‘Visit the Faiths’... (Different faiths explain their practice, attitudes and beliefs) 

These days are to give the opportunity for students to engage with people of faith from different denominations and religions and those of no religious beliefs. A key objective of these days is for students to develop questioning skills and appreciate the skill of indepth questioning. So they do not rely upon a first answer but appreciate that a question does not always lead to a satisfactory answer but poses a further question or questions. It is hoped that considering these ultimate questions during these days they will have a positive impact upon their questioning skills in all subjects. The two hour long lessons in the afternoon will be in the format of a question time called ‘The Big Questions.’ This question and answer forum will give them the opportunity to question and respond to the views of a selected panel composed from various faiths and issue related groups.

GCSE Religious Studies

The GCSE course, offered as an option choice, covers a range of the major world religions ensuring pupils have a diverse choice of intriguing subjects to explore. Pupils will be challenged with questions about belief, values, meaning, purpose and truth, enabling them to develop their own attitudes towards religious issues. Pupils will also gain an appreciation of how religion, philosophy and ethics form the basis of our culture. They will develop analytical and critical thinking skills, the ability to work with abstract ideas, leadership and research skills. All these skills will help prepare them for further study. 

We study Islam and Christianity as our contextual studies, learning and contrasting the beliefs in each religion. 

We follow the AQA Religious Studies GCSE course, specification A. This can be found here:

AQA GCSE Religious Studies (Specification A) 

Religious Education Staff

Why Study Religious Education?

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