History Department Curriculum & Courses
Year 7
All pupils are taught in mixed ability groups based on tutor groups
Time Allocation: 2 x 50 minute periods per week
Topics Covered: The Roman Expire & Medieval Realms
Year 8
All pupils are taught in mixed ability groups based on tutor groups
Time Allocation: 2 x 50 minute periods per week
Topics Covered: The making of the UK and Black Peoples of the Americas
Year 9
All pupils are taught in mixed ability groups based primarily on tutor groups
Time Allocation: 2 x 50 minute periods per week
Topics Covered: Britain 1750- 1900 and The Twentieth Century World
Year 10 & 11
In Year 10 this year c100 students opted to study history. There are four groups which are mixed in terms of ability and gender as far as is possible.
In Year 11 this year c100 students opted to study history. There are four groups which are mixed in terms of ability and gender as far as is possible.
Time Allocation: 3 x 50 minute periods per week in each year
Syllabus Covered: OCR Modern World History
Year 12 & 13
In Year 12 this year c50 students opted to study history at AS level. There are three groups.
In Year 13 this year c40 students opted to study history at A2 level. There are three groups.
Time Allocation: 6 x 50 minute periods in each year
Syllabus covered: Edexcel History
AS – 8264:
Unit 1 – Russia 1905-17,
Unit 2 – Russia 1917-29,
Unit 3 – Life in Stalin’s Russia – Coursework
Advanced – 9264:
Unit 4 – Europe at War,
Unit 5 – Attitudes to poverty in Britain – coursework,
Unit 6 – Cold War to Détente
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