Religious Studies

Welcome to Religious Studies

What do people believe?
Where did the universe come from?
Is there a God?
What effects do class A drugs have?
Is there a divide between the rich and poor?
Should we reintroduce the death penalty in the UK?

These are a few of the diverse questions we tackle in Religious Studies.
Our aim is to provide a varied and useful ‘spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and philosophical education’. Our aim is not to create religious believers, but to educate young people about the multi-faith culture we live in and the issues they may face in the 21 st Century.

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Key Stage 3

In Key Stage 3 Religious Studies gives young people the chance to examine Eastern and Western religions and experience and empathise with people’s beliefs and practices.

Follows local agreed syllabus – multi-faith. Commence GCSE course in second term

Key Stage 4

In Key Stage 4 pupils will follow a GCSE course which examines a variety of moral and topical issues and helps pupils to consider their own point of view as well as the views of two major faiths.

Core – short course GCSE – AQA syllabus B (3067) – Unit 4 (truth, spirituality and contemporary issues)

Option – full course GCSE – AQA syllabus B (3062) units 1 + 4 (thinking about God and mortality)

Key Stage 5

In Key Stage 5 Pupils can study AS and A2 level Religious Studies and specialise in Islamic Studies and the Philosophy of Religion.

Progression into Post 16 and beyond

AQA – AS and A2 level

Faith Conference

We believe that experience is as valuable as knowledge in developing open minded, thoughtful and respectful individuals. We run extra curricular programmes to allow such experiences. These include a Year 7 festive trip to York Minster and a 6 th Form World Faith Conference which debates a theme from a wide variety of religious beliefs.

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