There are many core skills which we will regularly revisit through each key stage, building confidence and expertise in the students. They must understand how to write effectively, practising source analysis, including comprehension, inference, judging reliability, being able to evaluate and explain viewpoints and interpretations, recalling, selecting and deploying factual knowledge to best effect. Literacy will be regularly reinforced through students writing extended responses and ensuring key vocabulary is accurately spelled and used in written work.
In addition to this, it is important that we encourage students to challenge different views of historical events and misconceptions. Students should learn to accept that answers to historical questions may not always be finite. We will encourage them to develop the character required to be resilient in their approach to the study of history and the challenging level of content that they will be exposed to throughout their study of the past.
History curriculum offer
KS3 - Students study five separate modules in each of year 7, 8 & year 9.
KS4 - Students study the following course at KS4:
KS5 - Students can study the following A level course: