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GCSE History

GCSE history is about asking questions about the people and events of the past. It is an amazing opportunity to discover where we are today and what has shaped us.

If you study GCSE history you will be using a whole range of investigative and judgmental skills as well as learning about crucial events in the history of Britain and the world.

Catch-up sessions for GCSE students occur throughout the year after school. The history department actively encourages the parents and carers of students to contact the history department whenever necessary. We set the highest standards of work and behaviour so the students can maximise their ability and get the highest possible grades.

COURSE OUTLINE

Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World

Paper 2: Shaping the Nation

Year 10 students study the following in the first year of the GCSE:

YEAR 10

Paper 1A: Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship

Paper 1B: Conflict and tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939

YEAR 11

Paper 2: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day

Paper 1: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603

PAPER 1 : HOW IT’S ASSESSED

• Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

• 84 marks (including 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar

• 50% of GCSE

Questions

• Section A – six compulsory questions (40 marks)

• Section B – four compulsory questions (40 marks)

• Plus 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar

PAPER 2 HOW IT’S ASSESSED

• Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes

• 84 marks (including 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar

• 50% of GCSE

Questions

• Section A – four compulsory questions (40 marks)

• Section B – four compulsory questions (40 marks)

POST 16 PROGRESSION

GCSE history is a well-respected qualification as is shown by its inclusion in the English Baccalaureate. A good GCSE history grade shows sixth form colleges that students have the intellectual ability and skills to succeed when studying ‘A’ Level history, politics, philosophy, religious education.

WHAT CAREER PATHS WILL HISTORY OPEN UP?

All levels of the law, a whole range of administrative posts, print, television and radio journalism, all levels of the civil service, teaching as well as cognitive and behavioural therapy.