Religious Studies Assessments

Students are assessed as follows:

Key Stage 3

Year 7:
Autumn 1 and 2 – Belonging
Progress Check

Spring 1 and 2 – Divide and Conquer
Prime Minister Speech

Summer 1 and 2 – Commonwealth
Who inspires you?

Year 8:
Autumn 1 and 2 – Tales of the Riverbank
Rivers Presentation

Spring 1 and 2 – Exploration
Exploration Assessment

Summer 1 and 2 – Tomorrow’s World
Buddhism in Art

Key Stage 4

End of topic test.

Practice exam question every half term.

Year 10:  Full Paper 1 PPE in the summer.

Year 11:  Synoptic assessments, Full Paper 1 and two PPE. (Two 1 hour 45 mins exam papers. The first paper covers Christianity and Islam. Second paper covers themes.)

Key Stage 5

Year 12 L3:
End of topic tests for each unit throughout the course.

June PPEs
Paper 1:  Philosophy of religion
Paper 2:  Religion and Ethics
Paper 3:  Developments in Christian Thought

Year 13 L3:
End of topic tests for each unit throughout the course.

December PPEs (2 hours for each paper):
Paper 1:  Philosophy of religion
Paper 2:  Religion and Ethics
Paper 3:  Developments in Christian Thought

March PPEs (2 hours for each paper):
Paper 1:  Philosophy of religion
Paper 2:  Religion and Ethics
Paper 3:  Developments in Christian Thought