History

Head of Geography and History: Miss G Robinson

Key Stage 3 History

History at Key Stage 3 aims to develop a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world, as a chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day.  Pupils develop the skills to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement about the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, over time.  This follows a chronology from Medieval times, English Civil War and restoration, Victorian Times, WWI and WWII to modern history.

Key Stage 4

GCSE History

Exam Board: Edexcel: History

Topic One – Warfare and British Society (1250 to present) 

London & the Second World War (1939-1945)

Topic Two – Superpower Relations and the Cold War (1941-1991)

British depth option (Currently Henry VIII and his Ministers (1509-1540)

Topic Three – In depth study of Weimar and Nazi Germany (1918-1939)

During the course, amongst other things, you may study:

• Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War
• The Battle of Waterloo
• The difference between democracy and dictatorship
• Germany and the rise of Hitler
• The horrors of World War One and the Peace Settlements
• Attempts at Peacekeeping 1919-39
• The World after World War 2
• The Nuclear Age
• The Cold War 

Assessment: 100% Exam