Religious Studies
King's Hall School is part of the Woodard Corporation, a wide group of schools originally set up by Nathaniel Woodard to reflect the best in Christian education. The Christian ethos plays a vital role in all aspects of life at the school and especially in the teaching of the Religious Studies department.
Academic Rigour: Pupils in Year 8 are prepared academically for Common Entrance and Scholarship exams which in turn prepares many of them for the GCSE RS short course sat early at King's College and other senior schools. Common Entrance and Scholarship results are consistently excellent, something of which the school is justifiably proud.
Ethics and Morality: As well as academic excellence, the department also seeks to engender personal moral and ethical integrity and to foster pupil spiritual development throughout their time at the school. All pupils are encouraged to investigate spiritual awareness and ethical dimensions in the world around them and cross-curricular links are made to History, Science and PSHE.
Personal morality and ethics are vital to the health of society as a whole and the department seeks to encourage pupils’ understanding as to what constitutes good morality and ethics. It is hoped that the RS education they receive will be of lasting value and provide a long term sound bedrock for pupils' future careers and roles in society.
Christian Foundation and Multi-faith Awareness: Bible stories, which underpin much of western culture and the three major world religions, form the basis of most lessons. Selected passages are explored in detail, questions of morality discussed and the application of each passage to contemporary issues investigated. However, significant importance is also credited to the study of World Religions in order to prepare pupils for the multi-faith world in which they will interact.
Collective Worship: The RS department organises and advises on collective worship and pupil-led assemblies which take place each week, in addition to the assemblies and Chapel service provided by the Chaplain and Headmaster. The department ensures that all pupils explore the issues which surround human existence, the existence of God, responsibilities for our planet and each other, the teachings of Jesus and personal and public morality.
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