History

Assessment

In the Eighth Form, students prepare for the OCR A level course which ranges from domestic politics and economics focused on London and Washington D.C. to consider imperial entanglements in the West Indies, Latin America, Europe, and East Asia. We also look carefully at cultural history. Pupils are taught how to engage with such conceptual categories as race, gender, and religion; there are plenty of opportunities to blend insights from neighbouring disciplines. The OCR course exposes our pupils to what we consider is the best available history curriculum. It emphasises breadth as well as depth of learning and teaching, demands that pupils learn how to work effectively with a range of source materials, and insists that they undertake a serious piece of independent research on a topic of their choice. The course has four components, all of which are examined at the end of the two-year course