History

Course summary

Study beyond the classroom: • Annual conferences with leading academics in these fields. • Extra-curricular film club opportunities. • Subscription to journals and periodicals is provided by the school and students are expected to read beyond the exam syllabus. To be a successful historian you need to: • Be prepared to read widely. • Be prepared to discuss, debate, disagree and change your mind! • Be prepared to engage in varied challenging and fun activities. Students who have studied history have gone on to: University studies in history and archaeology, to PhD level, politics, business, marketing, law, and journalism. Careers in banking, television, radio, film production, national and local government, law, social work, education, charity, the heritage industry, and “civil service”.