Religious Education

Religious Education has two main aims; to make the student’s successful learners and confident individuals. Students will also gain an appreciation of how religion, philosophy and ethics form the basis of our culture. They will develop analytical and critical thinking skills, the ability to work with abstract ideas, leadership and research skills. All these skills will help prepare them for further study as well as developing life skills.

Some of the skills that will be developed are:

• Interpret a range of sources.
• Develop written and verbal arguments on controversial issues and ‘big questions’.
• Solve problems
• Evaluate views and opinions
• Write strong arguments and use evidence to convince others
• Research skills
• Group work

Our whole curriculum is shaped by our school vision and aims to enable all children, regardless of background, ability, additional needs, to flourish to become the very best version of themselves. The Religious Education curriculum at Sirius Academy West is engaging and relevant and every student no matter their starting point all are challenged and supported.

Our curriculum is high quality, well thought out and is planned to demonstrate progression. We focus on progression of knowledge and skills and discreet vocabulary progression also form part of the units of work.

We pride ourselves on quality first teaching with a strong team of staff who aim to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum where all students can access the content and have the opportunity to succeed.

The range of skills developed from studying Religious Education at Key GCSE are relevant to almost any job or workplace. The study of Religious Education develops a wide range of transferable skills such as explanation, analysis, evaluation and tolerance all of which are highly regarded by colleges, universities and employers.

Examples of jobs that complement the study of Religious Education are:

• Politics
• Law
• Advice worker
• Archivist
• Charity officer
• Civil Service administrator
• Community development worker
• Editorial assistant
• Newspaper journalist
• Social worker