INTENT:

The RE curriculum at IGHS reflects the Islamic ethos of the school and so learners are encouraged to live righteous lives modeled by Prophets of the past. The curriculum is designed to enhance their understanding of the diverse range of religious and secular viewpoints allowing them to develop an understanding of their community and the world at large. We believe that Religious Education has a significant role in the development of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

The principal aim of RE is to explore what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live so that pupils can gain the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living. RE promotes respect and open-mindedness towards others with different faiths, beliefs and non-beliefs, encouraging pupils to develop their sense of identity and belonging through self-awareness and reflection. Our intent is that our RE curriculum will prepare our pupils for adult life as lifelong learners and enable them to make positive contributors to their community.

IMPACT:

By the end of Key Stage 3 pupils will have grounded knowledge of the major world religions as well as non-religious communities such as humanism. By the end of Key Stage 4 pupils will develop an in-depth understanding of particular areas of Christianity and Islam. Religion and ethics will be explored through the lens of Christianity whereas issues in peace and conflict will be considered from an Islamic perspective.

Our RE curriculum will prepare our pupils for the next steps in their education and life journey including preparing them further to be lifelong learners and supportive and inclusive members of their community. Our pupils enjoy learning about other religions and why people choose or choose not to follow a religion. Through RE learning the learners are able to make links and connections between their own lives and those of others in their community and in their wider world. Through RE our pupils are developing an understanding and respect for other people’s cultures and ways of life, which they are then able to communicate to the wider community. RE offers our learners the means by which to understand how other people choose to live and to understand why they choose to live in that way. As such, RE is invaluable in an ever-changing and shrinking world.

The teaching and learning lead is responsible for monitoring the RE curriculum through lesson observations, book scrutiny and pupil interviews to establish the impact of our curriculum on the learner’s learning. Students will be continually assessed and teaching will be adapted to the needs of individual students through informed planning.