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Religious Studies

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    The Department aims to:

    • develop an understanding of Christianity and other religions and a recognition of religion as an important expression of human experience
    • help pupils (irrespective of their own personal religious conviction) to understand the place of religion in the development of our society’s history and culture
    • lead pupils to appreciate moral values such as honesty, liberty, compassion for others, and justice
    • investigate and understand the questions and answers that religions can offer about the nature and meaning of life
    • develop pupils’ own beliefs, attitudes, moral values, and behaviour through a process of search and critical evaluation

    Being Chaplain at Merchiston is very much like being a parish priest in a village. I am involved in nearly every aspect of community life, the highs and the lows, the celebrations and the difficult times too. To use a theological phrase it is “incarnational ministry” getting alongside staff and pupils, supporting and encouraging and hopefully too showing the value of the spiritual in an increasingly secular world.

    Rev BlairTeacher of Religious Studies

    Academic News

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    Merchiston students on a trip to Paris, standing in front of the Louvre
    MerchiSTEAM in Paris

    Our MerchiSTEAM students tell us more about their incredible trip to Paris, earlier this month. 

    GCSE Results 2024
    GCSE Results 2024

    After Merchiston's strong performance at A-Levels last week, today marks another greatly anticipated day with the publication of our GCSE results for the V Form. Once again, our students have put in a strong performance across the cohort with a fantastic 47% of all papers graded 9/8/7 and 90% papers graded 9-4.