AQA GCSE Ethics B offers students the opportunity for the thematic study of Religion and religious responses to fundamental questions of life. This specification is suitable for candidates of any religious persuasion or none.

This specification encourages students to:

• develop their interest and enthusiasm for the study of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics and the relationship between these and the wider world

• develop their knowledge, skills and understanding of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics by exploring the impact of beliefs, teachings, practices, ways of life and forms of expressing meaning

• express their personal responses and informed insights on fundamental questions about identity, belonging, meaning, purpose, truth, values and commitments.

Study of Religious Studies B lays a good foundation for further study of Religious Studies at A-level and complements other related A-level subjects including Philosophy, Law, History, History of Art, Government and Politics, Sociology and English Literature.