GCSE History

Mr J Dobson - Curriculum Team Leader History & Politics

How is the course externally examined?

Paper 1: 2 hours (50% of grade)

- America 1920-1973 - Opportunity and inequality

- Conflict and Tension – the inter-war years 1918-1939

Paper 2: 2 hours (50% of grade)

- Health and the People c.1000 to present day

- Restoration England 1660-1685

The course is graded with GCSE grades 1 to 9.

How is the course internally assessed?

Year 10:

For half term 1a, 1b and 2a, students will sit a minimock in lesson on the content they have been studying. These are based on past GCSE papers.
They will sit a March mock which will be a GCSE paper
They will sit an end of year mock in class which will cover all of the content studied in Year 10
Students also complete regular exam questions in class/for homework and receive PINS feedback on these

Year 11:

Students’ mock grade for Term 1 will be a combination of an assessment on the content studied in half term 1a that is sat in class and their mock in half term 1b that will be on content from Year 10.
Their March mock will be a full GCSE style paper covering two topics studied in Year 11

AQA GCSE History Specification

Assessment - KS3 History

GCSE History

The curriculum is responsive to pupils’ interests and needs. They way in which it is organised helps to motivate pupils. The structure of the curriculum helps pupils to reach high standards.

OFSTED
Pupils show excellent attitudes to learning./ There is a thirst for knowledge and an excitement about lessons.

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Parents, staff and pupils are overwhelmingly happy with the quality of education at school and rightly so. Inspectors judge that this is an outstanding place to learn.

OFSTED
Teachers have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. There is a strong focus on the development of subject knowledge.

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The headteacher is exceptional. Her leadership has transformed the school. Not only do pupils make phenomenal progress and reach high standards...

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The school now has a history of outstanding outcomes for its pupils. Pupils make sustained progress across the curriculum and the standards that they reach are high.

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The school’s mission is to ‘enable young people to achieve success’. It does this outstandingly well.

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Allerton High is a harmonious community. Pupils show high levels of respect towards other pupils and with adults in school. Pupils actively support each other and celebrate differences.

OFSTED