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Religious Studies is taught to all students in the First to Third Years (ages 11-14)

The First Year course is a new Foundation Course entitled ‘Being and Becoming’ which introduces students to the distinctive study and nature of religion and spirituality.  Throughout the course the students will be led through a paradigm of teaching that focuses on key questions that are explored through world views.  All of the main six world religions are explored throughout the course as well as secular and postmodern world views.  The course seeks to equip students with the ability not just to articulate their own responses to the key questions but also to discover the nature of their own responses.  Students will also be introduced to the non-statutory National Framework for Religious Education assessment levels (1-Exceptional Performance) where they will be given assessment tasks that will gauge their progress against these national assessment levels.


In the Second and Third Years students focus their study on the world religions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism.  Third Year students have the opportunity to visit the Manchester Buddhist Centre as well as visiting a local Mosque to observe prayer.

In the Fourth and Fifth Years (ages 14-16), students have the opportunity to study AQA GCSE Religious Studies (Ethics, Philosophy and Religion in Society) which includes exploration of two Units: Religion and Life Issues and Religious Philosophy and Ultimate Questions.

In the Sixth Form, A Level OCR Religious Studies will now be offered from September 2011.   Students will study the Philosophy of Religion and Religious Ethics modules at AS and A2.

The Department makes a significant contribution to the Sixth Form’s General Studies programme through the study of AQA AS Philosophy. The Department makes a significant contribution to the Sixth Form’s General Studies programme through the study of AQA AS Philosophy.

The range of courses taught within the Department is complemented by its broad programme of extra-curricular activities which includes, for example, the Interfaith Forum, the Peace Jam Society, together with participation in the annual Peace Jam Weekend and Peace Jam Slam events at the University of Bradford and the biannual Bradford Grammar School Model United Nations events (of which  two students had the opportunity to participate in the National High Schools Model United Nations event in New York in March 2010).

In the Spring of 2009 the Department participated in a project organised by Education Bradford and the Anne Frank Trust UK in which several BGS GCSE students, together with pupils from other local schools, acted as Anne Frank Ambassadors for the exhibition at Cartwright Hall Gallery entitled Anne Frank + YOU which explored the life and legacy of Anne Frank and its significance for the world today. The participating schools, including Bradford Grammar School, received a Community Harmony Award from Bradford Council together with an Anne Frank Award from the Anne Frank Trust UK in recognition of their positive participation in the project.  In the Spring of 2010 and 2011, GCSE Religious Studies students have continued their work with Education Bradford by being trained as peer educators which has involved going into other local schools and educating students about the moving life story of Sadako Sasaki and issues of Nuclear Holocaust.

The Department is characterised by an open-minded approach to key issues of life, belief and practice which aims to develop an ethos of mutual understanding, respect, tolerance and empathy.