Head of Department
Mr L Tattershall
Teaching Staff
Miss J Bailey
Ms A Lawson
Mr R While
Department Information
Departmental Aim: Develop enquiring minds to interpret the past.
We teach our students to become historically literate. Therefore we focus on source analysis, chronological understanding, cause and consequence and different historical perspectives.
Students acquire historical knowledge from different time periods and across a variety of countries and cultures.
KS3 Overview
Year 7 (AD43- 1660): Introduction to historical skills; The Roman Invasion of Britain, Britain in the Middle Ages; Tudor and Stuart Britain.
Year 8 (1750-1900) : Industrial Britain a thematic study – Industrialisation; Empire and Slavery; Protest and parliamentary reform, Social problems and reform
Year 9 (1900-1990): How equal was Edwardian Britain?: Twentieth Century Conflict – World War 1; World War 2; The Cold War
KS4 Overview
Early Elizabethan England: 1558-1588
Medicine in Britain; 1250-Present
Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41
The American West, 1835–1895
Exam Board Specification
Enrichment Opportunities
We use active learning techniques in our lessons and students are encouraged to debate and explore the past in a variety of ways, including role play. We also use feature film and archive video footage to bring the past to life.
Students in Key stage 4 are all invited to attend our weekly drop in session where they can receive support and guidance from experienced staff.
We continually review opportunities for off site visits.