Welcome to the History Department
In the History Department we aim to encourage and further pupils' fascination with the past. We use a variety of resources and activities to explore the broad areas of the curriculum, including: school trips, drama activities, source analysis and other creative tasks.

The history department broadly follows the National Curriculum. We start by looking at Medieval England from 1066 and cover the major social, political and religious developments of the next six centuries. Among the topics covered are the Norman Conquest, the Black Death, the Civil War and a study of Tudor religion.

In Year 9 we look at the major developments in British history between 1750-1900 before examining the First and Second World Wars. There is also a special series of lessons on the Holocaust.

The focus in Years 10 and 11 is on twentieth century world history. In Year 10, we look at international relations between the wars, including the Versailles Treaty, The League of Nations, appeasement and Nazi Germany and special modules on the Cold War. There are also two depth studies: one on Nazi Germany and the other on Britain 1906 - 1918. A further coursework option on interwar American society is covered in Year 11.

Three modules are covered in both years 12 & 13, one of which is a coursework option. In Year 12, we study World War I, Nazi politics and society and British foreign policy 1939 - 1964.

In Year 13, the focus is again on modern history as we study Chamberlain and the Policy of appeasement and Civil Rights in the USA 1863-1980.