Religious Education

Religious Education is taught in a self-contained suite of 4 classrooms, one being a sixth form seminar room. Each classroom has an interactive whiteboard and the classroom doors are ‘themed’ for different religions.

Religious Education follows the Cheshire Agreed Syllabus and pupils ‘Encounter’ and ‘Respond’ to religion.

In Year 7 students study the History of Judaism and Judaism today and the religion of Islam. In Year 8 they follow up on their visit to the gurdwara by learning about Sikhism, following which they focus on the life of Jesus. Year 9 students investigate the existence of God, sexism, racism and rites of passage.

In KS3 students enjoy trips to a variety of places of worship including a synagogue, gurdwara, mosque and local churches.  KS4 visits include different denominations of churches and whenever possible, a prison in Liverpool.

All students in KS4 and 5 study Core Religious Education, focusing on social and moral issues from the viewpoint of Christianity and Islam, as well as a topic on Buddhism and atheism. Religious Studies is a popular option at GCSE and A level.  Typically there are 3 option groups at GCSE in each year group and 2 at A level in both years. We follow the AQA GCSE Unit 1 on Christianity and Unit 2 studying Ethics from a Christian perspective.  At A Level we use the AQA specification for Religious Studies, teaching Ethics in Year 12 and Philosophy in Year 13 (Units A, B, 3b and 4a).

Please follow the links for the GCSE and A Level specifications and materials.