History

GCSE & A-Level Information

The History Curriculum - An overview
 

We aim to deliver a diverse, colourful and dynamic curriculum, reflecting our love of the past.  We try to challenge and excite pupils with a range of topics they may not have encountered before, like ancient history and Black history.

That’s why we deliver Schools History Project (Edexcel Syllabus C) at G.C.S.E and modern British and Russian history (AQA Alternatives U and F) at A’ level.  Once students start learning these new topics, they can really fly with them!

At Key Stage 3, all pupils learn History for two lessons out of a 30 hour teaching week.  At G.C.S.E this is increased the three hours a week and pupils are taught for 5 hours a week in the Sixth Form. 

Year 7

The Roman Empire

Medieval History:  Britain 1066-1500

Year 8

Britain 1500-1750

Britain 1750-1900

Year 9

Black Peoples of the Americas

The Twentieth Century World

Year 10

Germany 1919-39

Medicine

Year 11

Vietnam

Surgery

Year 12

Tsarist and Revolutionary Russia, 1881-1924

Germany 1933-1949

Year 13

Elizabethan England

Modern British Personal Study 1900-1999