RE at The Cornerstone Academy

Religious education provokes challenging questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life, beliefs about God, the self and the nature of reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human. It develops pupils' knowledge and understanding of the nature of religion and belief including Christianity, other principal religions, other religious traditions, and world views that offer answers to these challenging questions. It offers opportunities for personal reflection and spiritual development. It enhances awareness and understanding of religions and beliefs, teachings, practices and forms of expression, and of the influence of religion on individuals, families, communities and cultures.

RE encourages pupils to learn from different religions, beliefs, values and traditions, while exploring their own beliefs and questions of meaning. It challenges pupils to reflect on, consider, analyse, interpret and evaluate issues of truth, belief, faith and ethics and to communicate their responses.

• Learn and incorporate religious texts and sacred scriptures into their answers. 
• Revise key knowledge from their knowledge organisers
• Express their opinions in an appropriate way
• Listen to the views of others 
• Respect the views of others
• Take part in debates
• Make decisions based on their opinions
• Reflect on what they think

KS3

• A midpoint and end of year ROA.
• Regular knowledge tests throughout the year.

KS4 - Year 10/11

• Students will be assessed at least once every half term on the topic studied
• Students will complete 3 mock exams in this subject to support their progress.
• Students will sit three examinations at the end of the course. (1 x 2hr, 2 x 1hr) 
• No Coursework 

• Buy any suitable revision guides suggested by the RE teacher at KS4
• Support our intervention and revision sessions at KS4
• Cut out any articles of interest from magazines and newspapers.
• Encourage topical discussions and share your views with your son/daughter, especially during homework time.
• Watch relevant TV programmes.
• Test students on their knowledge organiser questions

In the UK, parents have the right to withdraw their children from Religious Education. If this is requested, it would be parents’ responsibility to provide their own work for any pupil who has been withdrawn to complete. Parents can only withdraw their child from RE, not other curriculum areas. For example, pupils can’t be withdrawn from a study of religious art in an art lesson, or parts of the history curriculum such as the study of Christian conversions. If you are considering withdrawing your child from RE, we ask you to contact the Principal to arrange a meeting to discuss this further.

If you would like to discuss the work that we do or further information about the RE curriculum then please contact