An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: Magistrates
Unit: English Legal Systems
Marks: 10 Marks
This is a 10 mark question on the role of Magistrates. This can be set as an in class essay or as a homework assignment.
If doing this essay timed students should have 20 minutes to answer the question.
There is a model answer and a model plan to help with marking and DIRT work.
Topic: Civil Process (Woolf Reforms)
Exam Board: Eduqas
Marks: 10 Marks
Unit: English Legal Systems
This practice question is designed to help support students who are studying civil process as part of Eduqas A-Level Law.
The question is a 10 mark AO1 describe style question. It is based on the Woolf Reforms.
Included is a model answer and model plan to help support with DIRT, planning and marking.
This worksheet is designed to support students in research the Law Commission, Reform of the Offences Against the Person (2015) report.
Designed for the Eduqas A-Level Syllabus but would also be relevant for the OCR syllabus or BTEC Unit 2.
A simple table with criticisms on one side and recommendations on the other.
A good visual task to help support them with their evaluation of the OAPA 1861.
This is a 66 page booklet that contains six tasks for students to complete over the Summer Holidays between Year 12 and Year 13.
It is designed for Eduqas A-Level Law (you could remove the evaluation question and swap it for a different style question if you wanted it for another exam board).
Tasks:
Case Sheets
Goals for next year
Glossaries
Find the Connections
Problem Question (25 marker)
Evaluation Question (25 marker)
More information about the tasks is below
Case Sheets
Contains a list of cases from English Legal Systems, Tort and Criminal. These have been selected as the most important cases (the ‘know it or die’) cases from Year 12.
Students have to fill in the facts and legal principle for each case. There are five case boxes per page.
Goals
Students should set five smart goals to help them in Year 13
Glossaries
Split into ELS, Tort and Criminal. Students have to write a definition for each key term they are given. There are 11 terms per page.
Connections
Students are given 20 terms. They have to sort these terms into four groups of five. There is one connections page for ELS, Tort and Criminal. It contains key terms, legislation, cases etc.
Problem Question
The problem question is a 25 marker based on fatal offences from criminal law.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
Evaluation Question
The evaluation question is a 25 marker on murder.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
This booklet is designed for year 11 students as they enter year 12 law. It can be used for any syllabus but was designed for Eduqas A-Level. It is completely general though so will suit any exam board (also suitable for BTEC).
It contains a selection of additional reading that students can look at over the summer.
This includes:
Books
The Secret Barrister
Fake Law
The Rule of Laws
Podcasts
Law in Action
The Hearing
Law Pod UK
RightsUp
Websites
The Secret Barrister Blog
UK Supreme Court Blog
Baby Barista
Lawyer Watch
Bright and colour it is designed to be appealing and accessible for all students.
This handy flow chart will help students work through the various elements of greivous bodily harm when studying criminal law.
It is bright and colourful and they can stick it in their revision notes, or you can just post it onto Teams/Classroom etc. for them to copy.
Really helpful when they are starting to structure lessons on the OAPA 1861.
Designed for A-Level Law, Eduqas syllabus but suits any A-Level law course or BTEC.
This resource is designed to be provided to Year 11 students who are taking Law at A-Level.
It is designed for the Eduqas syllabus but is pretty universal! It can easily be adapted to suit any course you want :) The introduction says it is for Eduqas and you will be studying contract, but easily edited (you definitely have my permission to do this)
Tasks:
(1) Sort the key terms into criminal and civil
(2) Write a definition of the key terms from task one
(3) Research a recent English or Welsh law case and make a note of: facts; importance; what was decided; why you chose the case
(4) Research arguments for and against the death penalty ready to write an essay about it in week 1 (this can be used as a baseline assessment of student writing style/ability)
Document is bright, colourful and fun. It is meant to be appealing to students. It is designed to start to give them a foundation in terminology but is also helpful as a teacher to diagnose ability levels early on.
This is a brief key knowledge organiser for Occupier’s Liability.
It has everything that students must know before the exam, including the most important cases and sections of the Occupiers’ Liability Acts.
Colourful and fun to look at, a very nice floral design.
Designed to compliment the rest of their study and/or more detailed knowledge organisers.
This is an A3 poster that can be printed out and stuck around the classroom. It shows the learning journey that students following the Eduqas A-Level Law syllabus will follow.
It is based on my own SOW which teaches one unit at a time. It also has my own lesson highlights and skills build up on it. You may want to modify it to suit your own SOW.
Looks really good printed, there is one margin issue (the arrow next to university gets cut off), I literally drew the point on with a red marker on mine and you can’t tell until you are close up!
This sheet allows students to organise their knowledge on the criminal justice system.
It contains spaces to fill in the bare minimum of information that they will need to know.
There is space to fill in:
Case information forT & V v UK (1999)
Criminal trial process
Table for different types of trials
Summary of Magistrates’ trials
Summary of Crown Court trials
It is bright and colourful, looks great printed in colour but works perfectly well printed in black and white.
Students can also add text into the digital PDF version if you prefer.
This sheet helps students to organise the key knowledge they will need to know about the CPS.
It has several boxes to fill in which they can do during lessons or as additional homework.
It also makes a great revision activity.
Boxes to fill in are:
Role of CPS
Narey Review
Glidewell Report
Macpherson Report
Auld Review
Abu Hamza (2006)
Setting the Standard
It has a nice pastel brown theme which looks very pretty. It looks great printed in colour but also works fine printed in black and white. Can also be filled in digitally if you prefer.
This is a great way for students to organise their knowledge on criminal appeals.
The sheet has space for them to fill in key information on the different types of appeals and also key cases.
There is space to fill in:
Magistrates’ Court Appeals
Crown Court Appeals
Key Case: C v DPP (1995)
Why a good appeals system is important
The sheet is bright and colourful and looks great printed in colour. Students can fill in the digital PDF and it also works fine printed in black and white.
This sheet is a great way for students to organise their knowledge of bail.
It has several spaces to fill in whilst you go through your lesson, it can also be used as a revision activity or homework activity. It also works as a good complement to online learning as students can email you the completed sheet.
Spaces to complete are:
Definition of bail
Advantages/disadvantages table
Police bail
Court bail
Attempts to restrict bail
Bail conditions
A nice pastel theme which is very colourful. Looks great printed in colour but also prints fine in black and white. Can also be filled in digitally.
This worksheet is a great resource to help support students making notes on the judiciary.
This is a great well to help students structure their work in class or as homework or revision.
Boxes to fill in are:
Separation of powers
How are judges appointed
Different types of judges
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
Advantages and Disadvantages
This is a bright, colourful sheet that looks great printed in colour but can also print in black and white. It also looks good completed digitally.
This elegant poster is a great overview of the Civil Appeals structure.
A great visual aid to use during lessons. It can also be given to students to help give them an overview of the structure of the civil appeals system.
It is A3 size for easy colour printing.
This sheet will help students to organise their knowledge about juries.
This is a good activity to give students during lessons to help structure their notes (I find it is very helpful for weaker students, or those who are bad at note making) or an be given as a homework or revision task.
Contains space to make notes on:
Five key cases
Jury eligibility
Advantages/disadvantages
The key cases are:
Bushell’s Case (1670)
Heathrow Robbery Trial (2010)
ABC Trial (1978)
R v Owen (1991)
R v Ponting (1985)
The sheet is nice and colourful with a pale blue and brown colour scheme and looks great printed in colour or completed digitally but also works fine printed in black and white.
This sheet will allow students to make notes on the most important parts of the law on magistrates.
The sheet can be completed in class as a method of note taking or it can be completed as a homework task. It also makes a great revision activity.
There is space to make notes on:
Stages of training
Advantages/disadvantages
Criminal role
Civil role
Definition
The sheet is bright and colourful and looks great printed or completed digitally but it can also be printed in black and white perfectly fine.
This crib sheet is designed to accompany a lesson on the civil justice system. It focusses on the Woolf reforms with one side to fill in the problems identified with Lord Woolf and the other side to fill in some of the solutions.
I also recommend students fill in the ‘success’ of the reforms on the back!
This is a great worksheet for students to use in class but also works well as a revision tool or homework.
It is a nice colourful sheet that looks great printed in colour or completed digitally but it also prints perfectly fine in black and white.
This sheet allows students to organise their knowledge on legal professionals for A-Level law.
The sheet has various spaces for them to fill in and is a great task for in class lessons but can also be used as a homework or revision task.
Boxes to complete:
Solicitors
Barristers
Legal Executives
Should the legal professions be merged? Arguments for and against
The sheet looks great printed in colour but also works perfectly well printed in black and white.
It can also be completed digitally.
This worksheet is designed to help students organise their knowledge about adult sentencing.
This can be given to students during lessons or as a homework activity.
Contains boxes for them to fill in information about:
Aggravating & mitigating factors
Custodial sentences
Fines
Discharges
Community orders
Looks great printed in colour or filled in digitally but also prints absolutely fine in black and white.