Citizenship aims provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to play an effective role in society at local, national and international levels and to help them to become informed, thoughtful and responsible citizens who are aware of their duties and rights. It also aims to promote students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, making them more self confident and responsible, both in and beyond the classroom. Citizenship encourages students to play a helpful part in the life of the school, their neighbourhoods and communities and the wider world, and teaches students about our economy and democratic institutions and values.

Citizenship in Key Stage 3 is delivered through a number of themed Citizenship days that take place throughout the year as well as through timetabled lessons within RE and Personal Studies.

In Key Stage 4 all students study AQA’s GCSE (Short Course) in Citizenship Studies with almost all students sitting the qualification at the end of Year 10.

Names of staff including Head of Department and contact emails:

Mrs A Cornish, Head of Humanities and Geography, acornish@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Miss E Cleary, Teacher of History, ecleary@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Miss A Grady, Teacher in Charge of Citizenship and Teacher of Geography, agrady@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Mrs J Orchard, Second in History, jorchard@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Mrs D Howard, Director of Vocational Education and Head of History, dhoward@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Mrs A Pittaway, Head of RE, apittaway@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Mr R Kelsall, Head of Upper School and Teacher of Geography, rkelsall@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk

Course descriptors for KS3 and KS4:

AUTUMN TERM
Yr 7 – Local community
Yr 8 – Media and society; local community
Yr 9 – Diversity of identity; The Commonwealth; The UN and conflict
Yr 10 – AQA Citizenship Studies (short course)

SPRING TERM
Yr 7 – Parliament, democracy and political rights
Yr 8 – The environment; human rights and responsibilities
Yr 9 – Law, justice and young people ; human rights and responsibilities
Yr 10 – AQA Citizenship Studies (short course)

SUMMER TERM
Yr 7 – Diversity of identity
Yr 8 – Economic decisions; local community
Yr 9 – Local community
Yr 10 – AQA Citizenship Studies (short course)