GCSE
Religious Studies
Year 10
Autumn Term
- Introduction to Islam and Christianity, Crime and Punishment
Spring Term
- Matters of Death, Drug Abuse
Summer Term
- World Poverty
Year 11
GCSE students are issued with four books, Christianity in Today’s world, Islam in Today’s world, and revision books for each module.
Autumn Term
- GCSE RS - Human Rights, including the rights of women
Spring Term
- Prejudice and Discrimination, South Africa, Disability, Gender, Animal Rights.
Summer Term
- Revision
Assessment information
GCSE students follow Paper 2 and Paper 3 of the AQA Specification B examination in Religious Studies. Paper 3 is taught in Year 10 and paper 2 is taught in Year 11. On both papers, there are six topics and all appear every year on a paper. Students have to answer 4 structured questions on each paper and each examination lasts 90 minutes.