RS @ Archway

Key Stage 3 Curriculum

Religious Studies at KS3 attempts to be as vibrant and relevant to students as possible.

Students receive a far reaching leaning experience of the many global religions, and receive continual opportunites to explore contemporary moral issues that may have an impact upon their lives. Religious studies benefits from having a particularly well resourced department, which is always being added to.

Key Stage 4 Curriculum

GCSE (Short Course)

All students in Key Stage 4 are required to take GCSE (Short Course) Religious Studies as one of their compulsory subjects by law.

At present, this curriculum area is being overhauled in line with new courses that are being taught from September 2009. From this time, both year 9 and 10 students will be studying Unit 2, Religion and Life Issues from the AQA examination board. The department are very enthusiastic about this new course, and it is anticipated that our students will find the course even more challenging, interesting and relevant.

GCSE (Full Course)

The Religious Studies department also offers students the opportunity to take this RS as a full option for GCSE. Students taking this option as a GSCE subject study an additional element of the exam board specification, to attain a full GCSE. This option is growing rapidly in popularity, with over 100 students studying this at present. Year 11 students already undertaking this course study Module 4 from the same AQA specification. Year 10 students will be studying Unit 3, Religion and Morality, from the new AQA examination specification.  

 

"Recent world events have raised the profile of religious education significantly and schools have new responsibilities to promote community cohesion. Those with responsibility for RE therefore have the task of ensuring that children and young people are able to make sense of religion in the modern world and issues of identity and diversity."

(Ofsted 2007)