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Pershore High School - Worcestershire
01386552471
Station Road, Pershore, WR10 2BX
Course summary

What can you expect from us? • Verbal advice and feedback ongoing during lessons • Detailed written advice and feedback on assessment pieces, a mark/grade will be given if appropriate to that task. • An assessment exercise book • Brief feedback on some tasks that form the body of your knowledge but not every piece of work will be marked. • Folder checks at least once per term. • Support and advice if you are struggling, this can be one-to-one, after school, lunchtime or during lessons as appropriate to your needs. • Exam preparation before PPEs and examiner-style advice post PPEs. • Some learning experiences outside of the classroom when we are allowed to again! What is studied? • 3 units – 2 exams, 1 NEA (Coursework) • Crusades c1071 – 1204 • Making of Modern Britain 1951 – 2007 • Russia c1855 - 1956

Entry requirements

We ask that students entering the Sixth Form have a minimum of 7 GCSEs or equivalent qualifications with 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 plus 2 at Grade 5 or above.

How you'll be assessed

Paper 1 – Crusades – A breadth study that focuses on the significant developments over a 100-year period. In this unit, you will study how and why people went on Crusade in the Middle Ages and what happened when they got to where they were going. The exam sat at the end of 2 years of study. Paper 2 – The Making of Modern Britain – A in-depth study that looks at the political, social, and economic developments in Britain as it went from post-war to the 21st Politics A Level is no longer offered and so this unit offers students an alternative. The exam sat at the end of 2 years of study. Historical Investigation – a personal study based on a topic of a student’s choice within the era of Russia and the USSR 1855, the beginning of the end of Tsardom to 1956, the death of Stalin. 3000 – 4000 word essay, marked by teachers, moderated by AQA, 20% of A Level.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionWest Midlands
Local AuthorityWorcestershire
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeCo-Educational
AddressStation Road, Pershore, WR10 2BX