History

Course summary

History at A level not only gives you the opportunity to explore some fascinating aspects of our past, it also allows you to develop skills that will stand you in good stead for the rest of your life. History is the blue-riband subject for demonstrating ability in critical-thinking, weighing up evidence and developing argument, which is why it is so highly prized as a route into politics or the legal profession. It is also a key facilitating subject, respected by the best universities as an indicator of academic rigour. Having history on your transcript will benefit your application, whether for a complimentary humanities or social science subject, or to demonstrate your polymathic ability to discerning science faculties. But really you should study history because it is a fascinating and enlightened way of spending Sixth Form as we draw on the specialism of the department to explore the intrigue and subterfuge of the medieval world.