Religious Education is part of the Humanities Faculty and is taught to all students in Key stages 3 and 4. RE lessons are taught mainly by RE specialists supported by other members of the Humanities faculty. Pupils in key stage three will participate in one lesson a week, followed by one lesson a fortnight in key stage 4. Religious Education is also offered as a GCSE and A Level Philosophy is available as an option for 6th form students.
In Religious Education (RE), pupils enter into a rich discourse about the religious and non-religious traditions that have shaped Great Britain and the world. RE at Sponne enables pupils to take their place within a diverse multi-religious and multi-secular society. RE is intellectually challenging and personally enriching. It affords pupils both the opportunity to see the religion and non-religion in the world, and the opportunity to make sense of their own place in that world.
In RE we aim to develop three types of knowledge
- Firstly, ‘substantive’ knowledge: knowledge about various religious and non-religious traditions.
- Secondly, ‘ways of knowing’: pupils learn ‘how to know’ about religion and non-religion.
- Thirdly, ‘personal knowledge’: pupils build an awareness of their own presuppositions and values about the religious and non-religious traditions they study.
The RE department also offers an extra curriculum opportunity for years 8 and 9 in the form of a Philosophy Club. Pupils who choose to participate could achieve an extra qualification in Philosophy awarded by the New College of the Humanities.
The current Programme of Study for Religious Education (2021/22) is as follows:
RE curriculum - learning journey
RE LESSONS
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Unit 2: Ethics
Year 12
Year 13
Unit 1: Metaphysics of God
Unit 2: Metaphysics of mind