The KS3 curriculum tries to work with the knowledge with which the pupils come to us in Year 7. Some pupils will have attended our junior school and some will have attended local junior schools. There is a wide difference in their knowledge from Year 6. In KS3 we learn through enquiry and pupils are taught to develop skills such as reasoning, analyzing and synthesizing. They also learn to empathise, show tolerance and fairness.

CONTENT OF SYLLABUS FOR YEARS 7 AND 8

• Relationships
• Right and Wrong
• Power
• Space
• Time
• Communication

Pupils will learn about each of these areas by looking at what a selection of religions believe about these broad headings.

In Year 9 we follow a “ foundation course” for GCSE  so that the pupils can make an informed choice about options.

• Relationships
• Life and Death issues
• Social harmony
• War and Peace
• The environment
• The Media

All these areas of Ethics are studied with reference to one or more religions.