Humanities
Introduction
The Humanities Faculty is made up of five discrete subjects if you'd like to find out about our ethos, staff members and organisational structures please click on the link below:
- Geography age group 11-18
- History age group 11-18,
- Religious Education age group 11 – 18,
- Psychology Post-16 age group,
- Government & Politics Post-16 age group
- Sociology Post-16 age group.
In Key Stage 3, Geography and History are taught for 2 hours per week each whilst Religious Education is taught for 1 hour per week. In Key Stage 4 all subjects are in the options programme and have 3 hours per week and in Post-16 each subject receives 4 hours per week. We have a proven and lengthy record of success at all exam levels with pupil achievement consistently well ahead of City and National figures. We have a good intake of pupils in our subjects but we also believe that our success is due to a very hardworking team and excellent relationships with pupils.
Although all the subjects are taught discretely, staff in the Faculty work closely together, and common and high expectations of pupils are clearly established including a standard marking scheme in key Stage 3. Active and skills-based learning is the basis of the varied teaching strategies used within the separate subjects, with an emphasis upon enquiry-based and independent learning.
Our staff provide considerable depth of expertise within the Faculty Learning Team and this in turn allows for a wide measure of staff development and training. Curriculum development is an on-going process and particularly at present there is considerable emphasis being placed in the delivery of the Assessment for Learning and PLTS.