There are a total of three exams. Paper 1 is on Medicine in Britain and the Historic Environment. Paper 2 is The American West and Elizabethan England. Paper 3 is on Weimar and Nazi Germany.

No. There is no coursework for students to complete. It is 100% exam based.

In school your child will receive taught lesson of 1 hour per lesson. The total number will vary depending on your academy. They will be taught by specialists, and will receive support from the Outwood Grange Academies Trust Director team. Often in school your child maybe able to benefit from small group teaching where staffing permits. Students will also be invited to enrichment sessions one evening after school. This will be offered to students with exams in the summer first.

We’ve produced a catalogue of resources which you may wish to consider purchasing to assist with revision at home. Visit the information here.

1. 1. Retrieval practice is the term given to the practice of recalling previously taught knowledge and successfully applying it. In school students will undertake this through our starter activity such as Quiztory and Tangled Timeline. Pupils who engage with this on a regular basis are more likely to remember this information when required by examination. The use of Seneca Learning is a good way to continue with the retrieval practice at home.

For those starting the course in September 2020 we will start with Elizabethan England before continuing onto Medicine in Britain. Frequent exam practice will be available. Lessons will also be available on Google Classroom should pupils need them.

Pupils are expected to complete between 30 minutes to 1 hour of homework each week. This will be set on Seneca Learning or Google Forms. All homework will be available on Google Classroom.

One of the key ways you can help you child to succeed at GCSE is to ensure that they have a quiet space in which to work at home. Ideally this should be somewhere away from distraction, that is well lit, and is well ventilated. It is also important to ensure that pupils get adequate time to rest and relax. You can also ask questions about what they’ve learnt.

On the Edexcel Website you can find course topic information booklets which you can use as a starting point for more detailed resources. Click here to visit the Edexcel site.

If you have any further queries, you should contact the Head of Humanities or Head of History are your academy via the website.