Our curriculum is designed to underpin our school values of:

The school has increasingly high expectations for pupils’ learning.
Respect
We deliver an inclusive curriculum that celebrates diversity.
Our lessons provide opportunities for students to explore other points of view and wider beliefs.
Students work both together and independently to develop their skills and make progress.
High Aspirations
Careers education is embedded in the History curriculum with links made to FE/HE to raise aspirations.
We offer a Certificate in History and GCSE History in order to provide pathways for all abilities.
Confidence
Our curriculum is designed to equip students with both first and second order historical skills.
Students are encouraged to develop their research skills and work independently.
We celebrate successes and reinforce achievement via Class Charts, Praise Postcards, assemblies and competitions.
Mrs Whitefoot
Curriculum Leader, Careers Lead
Mrs Gray
Religious Studies Lead
Mrs Bell
Teacher
Mr Reynolds
Humanities Teacher
Miss Fiddaman
Teacher
Mrs Eddy
Teacher
Mrs Rhodes
Teacher
To find out what knowledge your child will learn in History click here
Our History 5 Year Curriculum Journey

Begin your new journey from Primary School with us
Year
7

Historical Skills
PSHCE & Careers

How did William keep control of England?
PSHCE & Careers

Medieval Life and the Black Death
PSHCE & Careers

The Peasants’ Revolt and the Magna Carta
PSHCE & Careers

The Tudors
PSHCE & Careers

Suffrage
PSHCE & Careers

Empire & Slavery
PSHCE & Careers

Industrial Health
PSHCE & Careers

The Industrial Revolution
PSHCE & Careers
Year
8

Elizabethan England
PSHCE & Careers

Causes of the First World War
PSHCE & Careers

Impact of the USA in the C20th
PSHCE & Careers
Year
9

The Holocaust
PSHCE

America, 1840–1895: Expansion: Opportunities and Challenges
Careers

America, 1840–1895: Conflict across America
PSHCE

Consolidation: Forging the nation
Careers
Year
10

WWI: Causes of the First World War

Elizabethan England: The historic environment of Elizabethan England

Elizabethan England: Troubles at home and abroad
PSHCE & Careers

Elizabethan England: Life in Elizabethan Times
PSHCE

Elizabethan England: Court and Parliament
Careers

Introduction to Elizabethan England
PSHCE

The First World War: Stalemate
Year
11

The First World War: Ending the War

Medieval Medicine

‘Medicine stands still’

Renaissance Medicine

Industrial Medicine

Modern Medicine
