History

 

What will the exam be like?

Exam board:  

AQA 

Assessment:  

The history exams are a mixture of short and extended writing tasks. These are based around either a source or an open-ended question. 

Paper 1 

  • 2 hours (1 hour per topic) 
  • 84 marks (including 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar) 
  • 50% of GCSE 
  • This paper covers ‘America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality’ along with ‘Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972’ 

Paper 2 

  • 2 hours (1 hour per topic) 
  • 84 marks (including 4 marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar) 
  • 50% of GCSE 
  • This paper covers ‘Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day’ and ‘Elizabethan England, c1568–1603’ 

 

What specialist equipment will my child need? 

Whilst we provide copies of the textbooks for students to use in class, some parents do choose to purchase copies of these but this is not compulsory: 

  • Oxford AQA GCSE History: Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972 Student Book (ISBN - 978-0-19-841266-3) 
  • Oxford AQA GCSE History: America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Student Book (ISBN - 978-0-19-841262-5) 
  • Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Elizabethan England c1568-1603 Student Book Second Edition (ISBN - 978-1382045155) 
  • Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Britain: Health and the People c1000-Present Day Student Book Second Edition (ISBN - 978-1382023108) 

 

What revision guides do you recommend? 

These are optional to buy (and other versions are also available), but we would suggest purchasing some of these to use alongside your course. We will write to parents in the first term of year 10 offering the chance to purchase the following: 

  • Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Revision Guide (ISBN – : 978-0-19-843282-1) 
  • Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972 Revision Guide (ISBN - 978-0-19-843288-3) 
  • Oxford AQA GCSE History: Britain: Health and the People c1000-Present Day Revision Guide (9-1) (ISBN - 978-0-19-842295-2) 
  • Oxford AQA GCSE History: Elizabethan England c1568-1603 Revision Guide (ISBN - 978-0-19-842293-8) 

 

A-level history

At A-level we teach the AQA 7042 History Specification, we follow two modules across both year 12 and 13.

Downloads

Page Downloads Date  
America self assement 11th Mar 2020 Download
Cold war self assement 11th Mar 2020 Download
Revision Resource list 2022 04th Apr 2022 Download
Health the people self assessment 04th Apr 2022 Download
A Level Making of modern Britain self assessment 23rd Feb 2023 Download
A level Tsarist and Communist Russia self assement 23rd Feb 2023 Download
GCSE Elizabeth self assement 23rd Feb 2023 Download