Contact: Head of Department Miss J Baggaley

Email: jbaggaley@boteler.org.uk

Qualification Details

AQA Religious Studies Specification A

What you will study:

GCSE Religious Studies helps students develop their interest in, and enthusiasm for, the study of Religion and its relation to the wider world.

Year 10

Topics of study

Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Thematic study of Judaism	Thematic study of Judaism	Theme A – Relationships and families

Year 11

Topics of study

Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
Theme B – Religion and Life	Theme D – Religion, peace and conflict	Theme E – Religion crime and punishment

How you will be assessed:

100% written exam over 2 papers.

Each paper is 1 hour 30 minutes in duration.

Potential Post-16 progression/Potential Careers/Higher Education progression:

GCSE Religious Studies lays a good foundation for further study of Religious Studies at A Level and related subjects including Philosophy, History, History of Art, Government and Politics, Sociology and English Literature.