The following curriculum models set out to show how diplomas could be timetabled in Catholic schools while still allocating 10% of time to RE in KS4. References in the Word document to other models should be ignored; only those models relevant to Catholic schools and following the 10% requirement have been included. We are very grateful to colleagues from St. Helens local authority for their work in devising these models.

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Diplomas: what will be graded?   Diplomas consist of six elements: a core, or principal learning, course in each subject; optional additional and specialist learning courses; functional skills tests in English, maths and ICT; a project; work experience; and personal, learning and thinking skills. Pupils will have to pass the functional skills element and complete two weeks of work experience.  They will also be taught personal, learning and thinking skills, although these will not be assessed. Their overall diploma grade, though, will depend only on performance in the principal learning section and the project.  Performance in the additional and specialist learning section will be graded separately.' Article taken from the Times Educational Supplement, 2nd May 2008