Religious Education is taught as a separate subject area to all pupils in Key Stage 3. At Key Stage 4 all pupils are taught the short course GCSE in Philosophy & Ethics.

 

All students are taught in mixed ability classes.

Pupils learning experiences in Religious Education are designed to contribute positively to the school's aims;

Religious Education is concerned with the deep and meaning that individuals and groups make of their experiences and how this helps them to give purpose to their lives. It provides the opportunity to explore, make and respond to the meanings of those experiences in relation to the beliefs and experiences of others as well as to one's own experiences. These are the special contributions of Religious Education to the Basic Curriculum.

What will I study at KEY STAGE 3?

The study of Religious Education for every year group should include:

1. Christianity
2. at least two other principal religions
3. a religious community of local significance, where appropriate
4. a secular world view, where appropriate

What will I study in Year 7?

Does God exist?

What is God like?

What will you study in year 8?

Why does God allow suffering?

Where was God on 9/11 ?

KEY STAGE 4

The department gets consistently excellent GCSE results for our students. Last year...

• Year 11 achieved 85% A*- C
• 35% of those students gained the highest grades of A*- B.

Assessment is 100% exam.
There are 2 exam papers. 2 hrs for each paper. There is no course work component.

1. You will need to write essays in an argumentative style about moral issues.
2. You will need to memorise a range of ideas, beliefs and opinions and use them in your arguments.

In Key Stage 4, pupils follow the Philosophy & Applied Ethics GCSE syllabus offered by OCR.
All students will take the short course in Philosophy & Applied Ethics. This is made up of the following two units:

• Unit B601: Philosophy 1: Belief about Deity and Religious and Spiritual Experience
• Unit B603: Ethics 1: Relationships and Medical Ethics

If pupils opt to take the full GCSE then they will also complete the following units:

• Unit B602: Philosophy 2:
• Unit B604: Ethics 2

Careers and Employment

There are three main ways of using Religious Studies in the world of work

• Careers which make good use of the research, investigatory and report writing techniques learned in studying Religion: Law, Social work, University Lecturer, Banker, Politician, Management, Psychology, Police work (forensic), Journalism.
• Careers where it is important or useful to have knowledge of what really matters to people: health care, Child care, medicine, Psychologist, customer services etc.
• Careers where you need specific knowledge of religions: teaching, University Lecturer, Social Work, archaeology, Museum work, fine art, conservatory/natural history, architecture, youth work and ministry.

What will you study at KS4?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why does God allow suffering is He is all powerful?

Why does God allow the innocent to suffer if he is a loving God?

• Or may there is no God after all