Years 7 & 8: Through weekly lessons (3 lessons every fortnight).

Half-Term 1

• Year 7: Who are the British?
• Year 8: Slavery and Civil Rights

Half-Term 2

• Year 7: Who are the British?
• Year 8: The British Empire and Colonialism

Half-Term 3

• Year 7: The Tudors
• Year 8: The World Wars

Half-Term 4

• Year 7: Witchcraft
• Year 8: The World Wars

Half-Term 5 & 6

• Year 7: The Victorians
• Year 8: Significant Leaders

Years 9 - 11: Through weekly lessons (5 lessons every fortnight).

Spec: Edexcel

Paper 1: Crime and Punishment / Historical Environment

Paper 2: Cold War and Early Elizabethan England

Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany

Half-Term 1

• Year 9: Early Elizabethan England (P2)
• Year 10: Weimar and Nazi Germany (P3)
• Year 11: Cold War and Superpowers (P2)

Half-Term 2

• Year 9: Early Elizabethan England (P2)
• Year 10: Weimar and Nazi Germany (P3)
• Year 11: Cold War and Superpowers (P2)

Half-Term 3

• Year 9: Crime and Punishment (P1)
• Year 10: Weimar and Nazi Germany (P3)
• Year 11: Revision

Half-Term 4

• Year 9: Crime and Punishment (P1)
• Year 10: Weimar and Nazi Germany (P3)
• Year 11: Revision

Half-Term 5

• Year 9: Crime and Punishment (P1)
• Year 10: Historic Environment - Whitechapel (P1)
• Year 11: Revision

Half-Term 6

• Year 9: Crime and Punishment (P1)
• Year 10: Revision

Most (but not all) students who study A-Level History have previously studied GCSE History with the same exam board. The GCSE has given the students the foundations that they will then build on at A-Level.

In Year 12, students study for paper 1 Britain Transformed 1912-1979 and paper 2 USA Boom, Bust and Recovery, 1920-1955. Each paper is taught by a separate member of staff. This ensures that we have just one paper. Ireland and the Union, 1773-1922 to complete in Year 13. This is alongside coursework that will be completed individually by the student based on the militancy of the Suffragettes.

By the end of Year 12, students have a secure knowledge of exam skills and requirements.

by the end of Year 13, students have a secure knowledge of historical study and many of them continue this study at Undergraduate level.

Outlined below is the department formal structure for monitoring students' progress. In addition to this, we employ a number of assessments for learning processes including retrieval and interleaving throughout the year.

Half-Term 1

• Year 7: Informal - extended writing
• Year 8: Informal - extended writing
• Year 9: Informal - peer marked
• Year 10: Informal - peer marked
• Year 11: Informal - peer marked
• Year 12: Informal - peer marked
• Year 13: Informal - peer marked

Half-Term 2

• Year 7: End of term test
• Year 8: End of term test
• Year 9: End of term test
• Year 10: End of term test
• Year 11: Mock exams
• Year 12: End of term test
• Year 13: Mock exams

Half-Term 3

• Year 7: Informal - extended writing
• Year 8: Informal - extended writing
• Year 9: Informal - peer marked
• Year 10: Informal - peer marked
• Year 11: Informal - peer marked
• Year 12: Informal - peer marked
• Year 13: Informal - peer marked

Half-Term 4

• Year 7: End of term test
• Year 8: End of term test
• Year 9: End of term test
• Year 10: End of term test
• Year 11: Mock exams
• Year 12: End of term test
• Year 13: Mock exams / Coursework deadline

Half-Term 5

• Year 7: Informal - comprehension
• Year 8: Informal - comprehension
• Year 9: Informal - peer marked
• Year 10: Informal - peer marked
• Year 11: Public exams
• Year 12: Informal - peer marked
• Year 13: Public exams

Half-Term 6

• Year 7: End of year exam
• Year 8: End of year exam
• Year 9: End of year exam
• Year 10: Mock exams
• Year 12: UCAS exams

GCSE

• Examination Board: Edexcel

A-Level

• Examination Board: Edexel

The department organises a number of trips including:

• Krakow, Poland - Auschwitz Concentration Camp
• Berlin, Germany - Sachsenhausen Concentration
• WW1 Battlefields, France and Belgium
• London
• Stansted Mountfitchet Castle