Curriculum Rationale: Religious Education
The Religious Education curriculum aims to promote academic excellence by providing all pupils with knowledge and skills they need to understand their place in the world. By studying Religious Education, we aim to inspire pupils to be curious and fascinated about the personal, spiritual and moral questions that face humanity and promote an understanding of those with views different to our own.
Pupils will explore and develop knowledge of diverse local, national and global perspectives to engender mutual respect, tolerance and an appreciation of diversity through a research informed curriculum.
Through studying Religious Education, pupils are given the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in the context of real-life situations and through exploring detailed contextual studies. Pupils are also given the opportunity to investigate the world around them with practical investigations, enrichment opportunities and field trips to religiously significant locations, improving their cultural capital, self-confidence and underpinning future learning.
We want pupils to love Religious Education and be confident that they will experience stimulating lessons with the support and care of dedicated staff who champion every young person to be the best version of themselves. We aim to ensure that all our pupils including those who are disadvantaged or have any special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have access to a carefully planned and sequenced inclusive curriculum which promotes academic excellence.
Religious Education allows students to gain an understanding of their local community and become well-informed global citizens; as such is an ideal subject to prepare pupils for future challenges, be it further study or entrance to the world of work. We endeavour to foster a lifelong love of Religious Education through varied activities both inside and outside the classroom and prepare well-rounded students for the world after 16, both as members of society and in whatever career path they choose to follow.
Curriculum Intent: Religious Education
At King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes, pupils receive one hour of Religious Education lessons per week at key stage 3. At KS4, core RE explores philosophy and ethics. Students learn about some of the world's great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle and Socrates. RE at King's Hawthornes aims to develop students' personal, spiritual and moral knowledge and skills to support students to compete with students from the most privileged backgrounds.
To achieve this, we aim to:
Curriculum overview [click here]
For each curriculum overview, additional documentation is available upon request. This documentation outlines more precisely the exact subject knowledge that your child must know and remember. These documents also include the types of teaching activities that subject staff have chosen to help your son/daughter learn the curriculum here at King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes.
In order to check how well our pupils are learning the curriculum, teachers use a full range of assessment techniques. These include diagnostic questions to reveal your child’s Religious Studies preconceptions and common misunderstandings, questioning and end of topic/learning cycle assessments.