Staff List

• Mr L Ross BA (HONS), MA, PGCE (Head of Department: History /Government and Politics teacher)
• Miss K Cantrell (History, English and Religious Studies)
• Mr S Bridgland (Vice-Principal; History Teacher)
• Miss F De Souza (History, English, Geography Teacher; Literacy)
• Mr S Asare B.Ed, MSc (History, PE and Religious Studies)
• Mr O Coker Cert.Ed, Dip Ed, BA(HONS), MSc, DPCCWE (History, PE and Religious Studies)

Key Stage 3

In history, pupils use a number of historical concepts and processes along with a range of content.
The concepts cover: chronological understanding; cultural, ethnic and religious diversity; change and continuity; cause and consequence; significance and interpretation.
The key processes are: historical enquiry; using evidence and communicating about the past.
The range and content of study is outlined below.

Year 7

Pupils in year 7 study History for one 60 minute period each week. They follow a unit of work designed to incorporate both historical content and skills and methodology. The units in year 7 are:

• What is history?
• The Norman Invasion and Conquest;
• Thomas Becket: the struggle between church and state;
• The Black Death; Medieval Towns;
•  King John and Magna Carta;
• The origin of Parliament;
• The Peasants’ Revolt

Pupils in Years 8 and 9 (Key Stage 3) study History for one 60 minute period each week. They all follow the National Curriculum course in History which has been arranged in the following way:-

Year 8

• The Age of Elizabeth: What can we learn from portraits?
• The Making of the United Kingdom (1500- 1750)

King Henry VIII and his reasons for breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church

Causes of the English Civil War, 1642-49
The French Revolution, 1789
The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1840
 
Year 9

• Black People of the Americas
• The Suffragettes
• World War 1
• World War 2
• Holocaust – European Jewry, Rwanda and Bosnia

Key Stage 4

Students follow EDEXCEL Modern World History Syllabus A
First teaching will commence in September, 2009. 
This modular GCSE comprises four components:

• Outline study – International Relations 1900-1991
• Depth Study – Germany, 1918-39
• Source Enquiry – A divided union? USA 1945-1970
• Controlled Assessment – Indian Independence

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