Curriculum Aims               

We aim for every boy to:

• understand the role and place of religion in the wider world and society;
• develop their religious literacy so that they can hold balanced and well-informed dialogue about religion and world views;
• make academic, critical and well-informed judgements on matters of religion and belief.

Curriculum Information

Qualifications

We follow the Edexcel Specification B at GCSE (Christianity: Religion and Ethics 1B and Islam: Peace and Conflict 2C). This course is assessed by examinations only at the end of Year 11: one examination on Christianity and one on Islam which each count for 50% of the examination grade. Students will develop the skills of reflection, explanation, evaluation, analysis and interpretation during this course.

Summary of Assessment

Paper 1: Religion and Ethics: Christiainity

Topics assessed: Christian Beliefs, Marriage and the Family, Living the Christian Life, Matters of Life and Death.

• Examination of 1 hour and 45 minutes
• 50% of the GCSE grade.

Paper 2: Religion, Peace and Conflict: Islam

Topics assessed: Muslims Beliefs, Crime and Punishment, Living the Muslim Life, Peace and Conflict

• Examination of 1 hour and 45 minutes
• 50% of the GCSE grade.

All students will sit the same set of examination.

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