Subject Teachers

Mr K Williams Head of History and Politics e-mail
Mr C Thompson Teacher of History and Politics e-mail(opens in new tab)
Mrs Z Chapman Teacher of History/Head of Year 10 e-mail

Curriculum Intent

History-Curriculum-Intent-Statement.pdf

Curriculum Map

History Curriculum Map

Introduction

Our mission  is to nurture an understanding of the relationships between humans and their environment. We aim to support students to become solution focused, considerate people with empathy for other views and situations, and a desire to be active citizens in a sustainable, caring society.

Students will learn about life during Roman and medieval times, social, economic and political changes in the U.K from the 1500’s to the modern day, and conflicts such as WWII and Vietnam.

KS3

Students have two hours a week of history in KS3. They will develop their chronological understanding of history starting from the Norman conquest to the modern day. Students will also develop skills of analysis and evaluation. This will be done through extended writing, source evaluation and examining different interpretations of the past. Our aim is to develop students who are able to critically evaluate information and come to reasoned judgements.

KS4

Students develop their knowledge of the past from KS3 and developed skills from KS3.

We study four topics:

  • Early Elizabethan England, 1558 – 1588 (B4)
  • Medicine through time, c1250 – Present day (11)
  • Germany 1918 – 1939 (31)
  • Super-power relations, 1945 – 1991 (p4)

KS5

Please visit the history A-level section of our Sixth form website: click here

Exam Boards

History follows AQA specifications. For further information please see http://www.aqa.org.uk(opens in new tab)

Useful Websites and Sources of Support:

http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145(opens in new tab) for GCSE history.