Queen’s History department focuses on fostering interest, enthusiasm and understanding of the past and providing the historical knowledge and skills to understand the present.
History is taught to all our students from Years 7 to 9. In the first three years, we aim to convey the excitement and fascination of studying past cultures and to provide a coherent and interesting narrative of key events in Britain, Europe and the world. Many pupils then choose to study History at GCSE, where we follow the CIE IGCSE syllabus, offering a popular modern world option. Our results at GCSE are excellent.
In addition, we offer a popular and challenging A-level course, with high standards achieved and many Sixth Formers choosing to continue the subject at university. We seek throughout to equip our students with the knowledge and skills to understand, interpret and contextualise a fast-changing and increasingly complex world.
Trips are an important part of our curriculum ranging from day trips to Canterbury and Hatfield, to international residential visits to the First World War battlefields, Berlin and New York.