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GCE A level Religious Studies

at Colchester County High School For Girls, Colchester · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionOutstanding2023see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

In Religious Studies, we provide students with an opportunity to understand and reflect on both religious and secular beliefs and values that people hold in the world today. Religious Studies offers a creative and informative way for students to understand and evaluate complex ideas in a wide range of areas concerning belief in God, the nature of God, lifestyle choices and ethics. What do you study? The Course will be divided equally between Philosophy of religion, and Religion and ethics, and Developments in religious thought. We explore why people are Religious and we consider the big issues such as whether God exists and why is there suffering in the world. We ask whether people really have free will, and we consider the implications of deterministic and fatalistic approaches to life. By the end of the Religious Studies programme students will have developed a good level of understanding of religious beliefs and why people hold them, as well as the logical and critical skills to assess and evaluate belief and value claims and their significance in people’s lives today.

What you need to get on

The minimum entry requirement is 4 GCSEs at Grade 7 or above and 2 GCSEs at Grade 6 including English Language and Mathematics at a minimum of Grade 6. Students will be required to achieve at least a Grade 7 in each GCSE subject they wish to study at A Level. For A Levels not studied at GCSE for Religious Education you will require to have achieved a Grade 6 in GCSE English Language or English Literature.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Colchester County High School for Girls

    NORMAN WAY, COLCHESTER, CO3 3US

    DaytimeClassroom based
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