The History GCSE follows the Edexcel exam board. There are 4 key topics that GCSE students will follow, and these focus on gaining a strong knowledge using thematic studies. Each topic follows political and social changes throughout time periods and the impact of important events on telling the historical story.
| Term | Topic | Key Concepts |
| Autumn | The Cold War | - Nato and the Warsaw pact
- The arms and space race
- The Hungarian uprising
- The Berlin Wall
- The Cuban missile crisis
- Detente
- Reagan and Gorbachev
- Collapse of the USSR
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| Spring and Summer | Migration 1000-today | - Migration in the Middle Ages including Vikings case study
- Migration 1500-1750 including the Walloons and the Huguenots
- Migration 1750-1900 including Irish migration and migration from the British empire
- Modern migration including from the commonwealth and refugees.
- Case Study – Migration to Notting Hill in the 1950s and 1960s
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Year 10 Knowledge
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