JW6 - Religious Studies A Level

Applications Open: Thursday 6th November 2025

Applications Close: Tuesday 31st March 2026

Entry Requirements: Please see specific course details.

The Religious Studies course is divided equally into 3 sections, Theology, Philosophy and Ethics. All 3 have a Christian basis and use Christian teachings as a starting point.

Theology is the study of the Christian faith; this includes, but is not limited to, the Incarnation of Jesus, Feminist Theology and Migration Theology.

Philosophy aims to answer the ‘big’ questions, how was the world created? Is God real? Why do we have Religious Language?

Ethics includes a number of Ethical theories, such as Natural Law and its modern adaptations, Situation Ethics and predestination.

There are separate units of study for years 12 and 13, which gives students the opportunity to understand the content in a manageable workload.

Year 1 content (year 12) includes:

- Arguments for the existence of God.

- Evil and suffering.

- Religious experience.

- Normative ethical theories.

- Natural Law, virtue ethics and situation ethics.

- Sources of wisdom and authority.

- Self, death and the afterlife.

- Good conduct and moral principles.

- Expressions of religious identity.

Year 2 content (year 13) includes:

- Religious language.

- Miracles.

- Self, death and afterlife.

- Meta-ethics – the meaning of right and wrong.

- Free will and moral responsibility.

- Conscience.

- Bentham and Kant.

- Christianity, gender and sexuality.

- Christianity and science.

- Christianity and the challenge of secularisation.

- Christianity, migration and religious pluralism.

- The dialogues between Christianity and philosophy.

- The dialogues between Christianity and ethics.

Assessment is formally completed at the end of the second year of study with 2 3-hour long papers.

The first paper is examining Philosophy and Ethics, the second examines Christianity and dialogues of Christianity with Philosophy and Ethics.

Questions range in marks from 10-25.

There is regular in-class or at-home assessments, these may be previous exam style questions or reading comprehension questions on set texts.

Entry Requirements: Grade 5 or higher in English Language and Literature

Grade 5 or higher in Religious Education, we will accept external students without Religious Education GCSE but a grade 5 in History or another written subject outside of English is required.

Religious Studies is a sought after A level for those wishing to attend Russell Group universities or those wanting a career within politics and law.

Religious Studies is a widely accepted A Level for further study and employment due to the skills required for success within this subject.