National Curriculum
56 lessons across 22 units
This is the complete topic map for KS3 Religious Studies— every part of the national curriculum for Key Stage 3, organised the way it's taught: 56 lessons across 22 units, from Abrahamic faiths to Studying religion. Each topic below opens a focused revision lesson, so “what should we look at tonight?” always has an answer.
The course is organised into 22 units: Abrahamic faiths (2 lessons), Belief in dialogue (1 lesson), Belief in practice (1 lesson), Buddhism (5 lessons), Christianity (5 lessons), Christianity (deepen) (3 lessons), Comparative practice (1 lesson), Ethics (5 lessons), Ethics (deepen) (2 lessons), Gender & religion (2 lessons), Global Christianity (1 lesson), Hinduism (3 lessons), Identity & belief (1 lesson), Islam (4 lessons), Judaism (4 lessons), Non-religious worldviews (2 lessons), Philosophy (1 lesson), Philosophy of religion (4 lessons), Religion & authority (2 lessons), Religion in modern Britain (2 lessons), Sikhism (3 lessons) and Studying religion (2 lessons). Together that's 56 lessons — the whole course, with nothing skipped and nothing added.
Little and often beats cramming. One topic a night, done properly — read it, try the questions, check yourself — moves a grade more than a weekend binge the week before the exam. The list above is deliberately complete so you can tick through it a topic at a time.
Start from what's coming up, not from the beginning. If a class test or mock is near, open the unit it covers and work through those topics first. Between assessments, work through units in order — later topics usually build on earlier ones.
For parents:you don't need to know the subject to help. Ask which topic tonight's lesson was, open it here, and let them teach it back to you — explaining something out loud is one of the most effective revision techniques there is. At KS3 the habit matters more than the coverage: little routines now are what GCSE revision gets built on.
KS3 Religious Studies covers 56 topics across 22 units: Abrahamic faiths, Belief in dialogue, Belief in practice, Buddhism, Christianity, Christianity (deepen), Comparative practice, Ethics, Ethics (deepen), Gender & religion, Global Christianity, Hinduism, Identity & belief, Islam, Judaism, Non-religious worldviews, Philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Religion & authority, Religion in modern Britain, Sikhism and Studying religion. Each topic on this page opens a focused revision lesson.
There are 56 topics in KS3 Religious Studies, grouped into 22 units.
KS3 Religious Studies follows the national curriculum, so it isn't tied to a specific exam board — boards like AQA and Edexcel set GCSE specifications (Key Stage 4), not KS3. This page lists the national-curriculum topics for KS3 Religious Studies.