Curriculum Intentions
By the time our students leave we want them to be equipped with with critical, transferable thinking skills needed at higher educational levels and in life generally e.g. evaluation, analysis, balanced thought processes. We want to ensure that they have a strong understanding of chronology from medieval to modern, in terms of both British and wider world history. We are developing their understanding of the modern world by equipping them with a strong, coherent knowledge of the past. Lessons are designed to challenge students, be that in terms of literacy or engaging with historical interpretations.
By the end of Key Stage 3, we want students to develop an enquiring mind having been inspired by a rich and ambitious curriculum. We want them to be aware of their past and society thus developing a sense of their own identity through an understanding of different historical civilisations and eras. They should be able to make links between the past and present, through studies such as the Holocaust, USA and China, so that students can make substantiated judgements on current issues of significance.
By the end of Key Stage 4, students will have experienced a broad study of historical societies, events and people. Breadth courses such as Health and the People, in tandem with depth studies such as Elizabethan England, provide students with the opportunity to analyse different historical situations. They should be socially, politically, economically and environmentally aware of change over time and the impact on the world in which they live.
By the end of Key Stage 5, students should have an ability to understand and debate social, economic, political and cultural issues. The A level course inspires independence of thought through a study of the Tudors (Early Modern) and Russia (Modern). The NEA allows students to explore their own historical interests by constructing their own argument based on differing interpretations and historical sources.
