Understanding the past as a foundation for the future

Department Staff: Mr N Cains and Mr D Timmins

Each department has specialist rooms equipped with PCs and video projectors together with the shared use of the ICT Humanities PC suite. Specialist software, textbooks, artifacts and videos are available to all departments. In addition to this the History department has a suite of 6 PCs, a scanner, printer and two InterWrite pads provided as part of the Leading edge project.

Structure at KS3:

Year 7
Medieval Realms 1066 – 1500
The Making of the United Kingdom 1500 – 1750

Year 8
The Making of the United Kingdom 1500 – 1750
Black People’s of the Americas
The French Revolution 1789

Year 9
The Industrial Revolution 1750 – 1900
World War I-II 1914-45
The Cold War

Structure at KS4:

AQA examination board
Syllabus: Schools History Project (A)The course is divided as follows:

Written Paper 1 (37.5% of total marks)-Study in development: Medicine and Public Health Through Time
Written Paper 2 (37.5% of total marks)- Enquiry in depth: Britain 1815-1851
Coursework: –
Assignment Modern World Study
Conflict in Ireland
History Around Us
Roman Wroxeter site investigation

In year 10 students attend a site investigation at Wroxeter Roman city.

GCSE Results always above the national average.

The department was one of the first in the country to take part in a videoconferencing link with a school in America to deliver on-line lessons about aspects of each others schools, culture and historical events. The project was hosted live to an audience of notable people within the community. It was also congratulated by Charles Clarke the then Secretary of State for Education and David Milliband the Junior Minister for Education.