In Religion and Philosophy (RP), we aim to promote an ethos of understanding through a discovery of world religions and philosophical and ethical issues.  We encourage students to consider their own thoughts and beliefs about a variety of 'big questions' which have puzzled humans for centuries and formulate their own 'answers' based on analysis of the ideas and beliefs of others.

In Key Stage 3 all students cover programmes of study which include investigations into specific world religions and units which consider moral or philosophical issues which are then applied to the teachings and beliefs in the religions that they have studied.

In Key Stage 4 RP is an option for GCSE, with elements of RP being studied by all students through the Learning for Life carousel system.  We study the OCR GCSE J625 course, following components 01, 02 and 06 - Christianity, Islam and Perspectives in religious thought through the religion of Christianity.

Religious Studies can also be studied at A Level. We study the OCR A Level H573, following components 01 – Philosophy of Religion, 02 – Religious Ethics and 04 – Developments in religious thought through the study of Islam.

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