Humanities
Religious Education at The Orchard Centre is designed to provoke challenging questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life, beliefs about God, the self and the nature of reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human.
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It offers opportunities for personal reflection and spiritual development. It enhances students’ awareness and understanding of religions and beliefs, teachings, practices and forms of expression, as well as of the influence of religion on individuals, families, communities and cultures.
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RE has an important role in preparing young people
for adult life, employment and lifelong learning.
It enables students to develop respect for
and sensitivity to others, in particular those
whose faiths and beliefs are different from their own.
It promotes discernment and enables students to combat prejudice.
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At KS4, students follow the AQA GCSE in Religious Studies (Specification A), studying units on:
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Christianity
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Sikhism
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Relationships and families
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Religion and life
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Religion, crime and punishment
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Religion, human rights and social justice
Lawnswood Campus
The Orchard Centre
Lawnswood Campus
Nightingale Home and Hospital Service
Transition Support
Student placements are regularly reviewed with parents/carers, mainstream schools and any other relevant professional. When a student is ready to begin to integrate back into mainstream education an individual transition plan is agreed. Teaching assistants are allocated where appropriate to support the student in this transition in order for it to be as smooth and as successful as possible. Transitions are fully monitored through regular reviews with all staff involved.
