Religious Education
The RE Department: Religious Education at Eastbury Community School enables students to learn about the influence of beliefs, values and culture within a diverse school community. The Religious Education Department is a team of dedicated and enthusiastic teachers, with students regularly taking part in thought provoking discussion about global current affairs. Lessons are designed to allow students to challenge and reflect on key worldly issues and to develop ideas about community cohesion by promoting mutual respect and tolerance.
At Key Stage 3, all students take on Religious Education through a thematic approach. Topics include ‘Influential People’, ‘Global Crime’, and ‘Religion and the Media’.
At Key Stage 4, all students study and take GCSE Religious Education [AQA], focusing on Christianity and Islam for Paper 1 and four themes for Paper 2. GCSE RE includes studying religious beliefs and practices and apply the teachings to themes on relationships and families, crime and punishment and human rights and social justice.
At Key Stage 5, A-Level Religious Studies [AQA] is a strong academic option that develops the ability to analyse key concepts, evaluate differing viewpoints and construct well-reasoned arguments. The course explores Philosophy, Ethics and dialogues between different areas of study, encouraging engagement with complex moral, ethical and philosophical issues.
Enrichment: Religious Education beyond the classroom has included: Model United Nations conferences, 16+ Question Time at Westminster Abbey, Global Model UN Residential weekend at University of Oxford, residential trip to Rome, theatre trips exploring ethics, Interfaith Week.
RE Gold Award: The RE department at Eastbury Community School has been awarded the RE Quality Mark Gold Award accreditation in July 2023. The Gold Award is in recognition for embedding excellent, creative and innovative RE practice throughout the school and for recognition as outstanding in the wider community.
Last Updated: June 2026
