Our curriculum is designed to underpin our school values of:
The school has increasingly high expectations for pupils’ learning.
Respect
We deliver an inclusive curriculum that celebrates diversity.
Our lessons provide opportunities for students to explore other points of view and wider beliefs.
Students work both together and independently to develop their skills and make progress.
High Aspirations
Careers education is embedded in the History curriculum with links made to FE/HE to raise aspirations.
We offer a Certificate in History and GCSE History in order to provide pathways for all abilities.
Confidence
Our curriculum is designed to equip students with both first and second order historical skills.
Students are encouraged to develop their research skills and work independently.
We celebrate successes and reinforce achievement via Class Charts, Praise Postcards, assemblies and competitions.
Mrs Bell
Teacher
Miss Fiddaman
Planning Lead for History & Teacher
Mrs Rhodes
Assistant SENDCO and Teacher
Mrs Whitefoot
Teacher & Careers Lead
To find out what knowledge your child will learn in History click here
Our History 5 Year Curriculum Journey
Begin your new journey from Primary School with us
Year
7
Historical Skills
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PSHCE & Careers
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How did William keep control of England?
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PSHCE & Careers
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Medieval Life and the Black Death
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PSHCE & Careers
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The Peasants’ Revolt and the Magna Carta
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PSHCE & Careers
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The Tudors
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PSHCE & Careers
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Suffrage
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PSHCE & Careers
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Empire & Slavery
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PSHCE & Careers
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Industrial Health
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PSHCE & Careers
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The Industrial Revolution
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PSHCE & Careers
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Year
8
Elizabethan England
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PSHCE & Careers
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Causes of the First World War
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PSHCE & Careers
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Impact of the USA in the C20th
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PSHCE & Careers
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Year
9
The Holocaust
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PSHCE
America, 1840–1895: Expansion: Opportunities and Challenges
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Careers
America, 1840–1895: Conflict across America
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PSHCE
Consolidation: Forging the nation
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Careers
Year
10
WWI: Causes of the First World War
Elizabethan England: The historic environment of Elizabethan England
Elizabethan England: Troubles at home and abroad
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PSHCE & Careers
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Elizabethan England: Life in Elizabethan Times
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PSHCE
Elizabethan England: Court and Parliament
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Careers
Introduction to Elizabethan England
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PSHCE
The First World War: Stalemate
Year
11
The First World War: Ending the War
Medieval Medicine
‘Medicine stands still’
Renaissance Medicine
Industrial Medicine
Modern Medicine
