Religious Studies at Bede Academy is underpinned by the Big Story of the Bible. Within the Big Story, the concept of ‘salvation’ is at the heart of our curriculum from KS2-KS5 as a learning metanarrative. We want students to understand how religious and non-religious believers grapple with the ‘truth’ of life and salvation both socially and theologically, and how this ultimately influences their worldview both philosophically and ethically. Throughout KS3, there is a particular focus given to the ‘Big Story’ of Christianity, however this does not come at the expense of other living world religious and non-religious worldviews which are studied rigorously as students progress throughout each Key Stage. We want students to study and grapple with the variety of truth claims offered throughout 21st century Britain and beyond. Religious Studies at Bede Academy is inter-disciplinary dealing with units of philosophy, theology and ethics. We want students to grapple with such disciplines and subsequent big questions, understanding how they ultimately influence an individual’s (both religious and non-religious!) ontological reality, as well as a broader worldview.  

 

As we identify the key knowledge students should master in Religious Studies we think carefully about how we want students to think as philosophers/theologians/ethicists. We want students to: