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Linear 'A' level Religious Studies

at Caistor Grammar School, Market Rasen · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Students will study Philosophy and Ethics, with equal emphasis on both learning areas and both relating to Christian ideas, morals and practices. The course is designed to: • Allow students to gain critical and evaluative skills sought by higher education and employers – particularly in law, education, social work, politics, medicine, administration and the media. • Develop an interest in and enthusiasm for a rigorous study of religion. Religious Studies is a thought provoking subject and contemporary themes will help inspire students to actively engage in discussion. Christianity and Philosophy of Religion Students must develop knowledge and understanding of the following • God • The challenge from Science • Evil and suffering including the problem of evil and suffering. • Christianity and the nature and function of religion including the challenges of secularisation and Freud and Marx on the nature and function of religion. • Arguments for existence of God, including Design (Teleological), Ontological and Cosmological Arguments and criticisms • Sources of religious wisdom and authority in Christianity • Religious experience including the nature of religious experience including Visions, Numinous experiences and Mystical experiences • Self, death and the afterlife. The nature of soul and the possibility of continuing personal existence after death • Religious language is it meaningful or not? Including verificationism, falsificationism etc • Miracles Christianity and Ethics

What you need to get on

All applicants will have at least a GCSE grade 4 in Mathematics and English Language or Literature. It will also be required to have gained 4 GCSE passes at either 9-6 (B in GCSE Tech), with a minimum of a grade 6 (B in Tech) in each of the subjects to be studied at A level. Additionally, applicants will have to meet the minimum requirements for individual subjects as set out in the Sixth Form prospectus.

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

  • Caistor Grammar School

    Church Street Caistor, Market Rasen, LN7 6QJ

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · Market Rasen

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