Key stage learning outcomes

Key Stage 2

Learners should be given opportunities to:

• explore their personal values
• be honest and fair and have respect for rules, the law and authority

and to understand:

• how cultural values and religious beliefs shape the way people live
• that people differ in what they believe is right and wrong
• that personal actions have consequences.

Key Stage 3

Learners should be given opportunities to:

• develop an insight into their values
• show sensitivity to the values of others

and to understand:

• what they believe to be right and wrong actions and the moral dilemmas involved in life situations
• their beliefs in the context of those in society.

Key Stage 4

Learners should be given opportunities to:

• consider questions and issues involving the meaning and purpose of life

and to understand:

• how beliefs and values affect personal identity and lifestyle
• the factors involved in making moral judgements
• the range of values and principles by which people live.

Post-16

Learners should be given opportunities to:

• develop a consistent set of personal values and have the confidence to apply these in practice

and to understand:

• the concept of moral responsibility and the need for shared values
• the moral and ethical problems faced by society and individuals and reflect upon how such issues may be resolved
• the moral, social, ethical and environmental implications of scientific discoveries and technological development.