Government and Politics

Assessment

We follow the awarding body Edexcel and there are three 2hr written papers in total. Year 12 Paper 1, UK Politics – We examine the process of how we determine who the government is and what policies are important eg voting systems, holding elections, political parties, pressure groups and the media. Paper 2, Governing the UK – We study major government processes in the UK and relations between institutions eg constitution, parliament, Prime Minister, Cabinet, judiciary and media. Paper 1, Core political ideas. These are the main three ideologies that determine politics in the world: liberalism, conservatism, and socialism. Year 13 Paper 2, Optional political ideas. We study nationalism eg Trump and Brexit. This has re-emerged recently and is the counter ideology to globalisation which we study in Paper 3 Paper 3, Global Politics / International Relations. Role of the UN, war in human history, human rights, the rise of populism. Theories of international relations.