Students in Std 7 begin with an introductory look at aspects common to all religions, such as symbols, sacred writings, places of worship etc   They then complete a project on a Famous Person of Faith, followed by a look at how the Bible was written and various titles of Jesus.  In the second term, pupils consider important messages from Judaism, looking at Old Testament figures.  This is followed by a project on a charity and an introductory unit on Islam.

At present, students start the full GCSE course in Std 9.  They get four lessons a week for this.

We enter them for the Edexcel GCSE in Religious Studies Specification A (1480, 1481).

Students study Unit P: Mark’s Gospel. This unit is divided up into four sections, examined by external assessment only, and a fifth section examined by coursework (1500 words in length). This unit looks at the following topics:

∙     Discipleship

∙     who is Jesus?

∙     conflict and argument

∙     Jesus’ death and resurrection.

For coursework, students write an essay on persecution of Christians in the early Church and also in the world today.

This unit constitutes a Short course GCSE

In Std 10, students continue with a second unit of work - Unit B: Religion and life based on a study of Christianity. This unit is also divided up into four sections, examined by external assessment only, and a fifth section examined by coursework (1500 words in length). This unit looks at the following topics:

∙     belief in God

∙     matters of life and death

∙     marriage and the family

∙     social harmony.

The coursework looks at wealth and poverty in the world today.