At KS3 each Year group studies a wide range of knowledge rich engaging topics with a clear focus for each year:

Year 8 - “How was modern Britain and Ireland created?”- Invasions of Britain pre-1066, Normans in Ireland and Britain, Medieval Ireland and England, Religions role in creating Modern England (Tudors and Stuarts), Local History Fermanagh, How did British expansion impact on the Americas?

Year 9 - “How have people made change?”-Interpretations about pre-colonial African Kingdoms, How was slavery abolished, US Civil Rights movement, UK Civil Rights Movement?, How have women fought for equality in the 20th Century?

Year 10 - “How has conflict impacted on people and politics?”- How did Britain’s experience of warfare change from 1914-1945?What can we learn from personal stories about the Holocaust?, How did the Troubles lead to a shared society?

Students should finish their KS3 History teaching with the ability to recognize and use tier 2 language (evaluate, analyse, judgement etc) with relation to 2nd order concepts (change and continuity, significance etc). This will be assessed through marking of termly student's responses to extended writing questions which ask students to respond to second order conceptual questions. Students should also be able to access first order concepts (Kingship, Colonisation, Conquest) through a detailed knowledge and understanding of tier 3 vocabulary (Empire, Plantation, Communism). This will be assessed through a marking student termly assessments of a multiple-choice question which is focused on vocabulary.