Religious Education
Tiffin School is a culturally diverse community and the Religious Education department thrives on the opportunity to celebrate the students identities and incorporate their range of views into classroom discussions. Religious Education explores religion, history, culture, spirituality, morality, philosophy, ethics, sociology and just about every ultimate question that human beings have sought to answer. We aim to bring these questions to life, examining their relevance today and the impact that they have upon us as individuals and as members of a multi-faith society. Students are encouraged to challenge belief systems, while feeling confident to develop their own views, sense of morality and spirituality.
Key Stage Three
At KS3 students follow Kingston upon Thames programme of study designed to explore the major world religions, philosophical questions and ethics. The students examine each topic for a whole term, providing them with a full and valuable understanding of beliefs and practices. They are encouraged to empathise with different views from their own while also reflecting upon and exploring their own beliefs and actions.
Key Stage Four
During years 10 and 11 all students study for a GCSE in Religious Education. They follow the OCR Religious Education B (Philosophy and Ethics) specification, studying The Philosophy of Islam in year 10 and Christian Ethics in year 11. There is no coursework and all students sit the two exam papers at the end of KS4. This is a challenging course that encourages an interest in religious philosophy and moral philosophy, developing skills of knowledge, understanding, analysis and evaluation. Students have the opportunity to examine contemporary philosophical and moral issues in a respectful and intellectual environment.
Key Stage Five
In the sixth form students have the opportunity to study AS/2 Religious Studies in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, examining the existence of God and moral philosophy. We follow the OCR Religious Studies specification. The students do not take the coursework unit and assessment is based upon three exams at the end of each year.
Religious Education is also delivered in the sixth form through the General Studies programme in the sixth form. In year 12, students complete topics on “Scientific Ethics and “Spirituality and Society . In year 13 Critical Thinking there is also a unit on world religions with panel question time.
Other information
Philosophy Club is offered within Wider Opportunities, where students of all ages are invited to examine, discuss and develop a wider variety of philosophical issues from the question of can we ever know anything to the ideas of Plato, Kant, Aquinas, Dawkins and beyond.
Tiffin School is a culturally diverse community and the Religious Education department thrives on the opportunity to celebrate the students identities and incorporate their range of views into classroom discussions. Religious Education explores religion, history, culture, spirituality, morality, philosophy, ethics, sociology and just about every ultimate question that human beings have sought to answer. We aim to bring these questions to life, examining their relevance today and the impact that they have upon us as individuals and as members of a multi-faith society. Students are encouraged to challenge belief systems, while feeling confident to develop their own views, sense of morality and spirituality.
Key Stage Three
At KS3 students follow Kingston upon Thames programme of study designed to explore the major world religions, philosophical questions and ethics. The students examine each topic for a whole term, providing them with a full and valuable understanding of beliefs and practices. They are encouraged to empathise with different views from their own while also reflecting upon and exploring their own beliefs and actions.
Key Stage Four
During years 10 and 11 all students study for a GCSE in Religious Education. They follow the OCR Religious Education B (Philosophy and Ethics) specification, studying The Philosophy of Islam in year 10 and Christian Ethics in year 11. There is no coursework and all students sit the two exam papers at the end of KS4. This is a challenging course that encourages an interest in religious philosophy and moral philosophy, developing skills of knowledge, understanding, analysis and evaluation. Students have the opportunity to examine contemporary philosophical and moral issues in a respectful and intellectual environment.
Key Stage Five
In the sixth form students have the opportunity to study AS/2 Religious Studies in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics, examining the existence of God and moral philosophy. We follow the OCR Religious Studies specification. The students do not take the coursework unit and assessment is based upon three exams at the end of each year.
Religious Education is also delivered in the sixth form through the General Studies programme in the sixth form. In year 12, students complete topics on “Scientific Ethics and “Spirituality and Society . In year 13 Critical Thinking there is also a unit on world religions with panel question time.
Other information
Philosophy Club is offered within Wider Opportunities, where students of all ages are invited to examine, discuss and develop a wider variety of philosophical issues from the question of can we ever know anything to the ideas of Plato, Kant, Aquinas, Dawkins and beyond.
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