Read
BBC news
Read the news on a daily basis and look for information relevant to current issues relating to families and education (Year 12), crime and deviance and social inequality (Year 13)
Sociology Review
Read this magazine to find recent essays on current issues related to families, education, crime and deviance, social inequality and theory and methods
Read Bromley Briefing papers on the prison population
Listen
Revise A level Sociology with Seneca Learning
Watch
Sunday Politics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/37SMt3sY6Pf9v5gBSZGSpL2/sunday-politics-across-the-uk
Panorama
Documentaries on current issues and affairs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t14n
Watch the ITV documentary on Britain’s Strictest Headmistress
https://michaela.education/
Research
Access ONS website to find data on patterns and trends relating to families, marriage, divorce, demography (Year 12), crime and inequality (Year 13)
https://www.ons.gov.uk/
Access the Department for Education website to find out GCSE results (including differences in achievement)
https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance/2023-24
Access the following website to compare the performance of school in the local area of Liverpool and nationally
https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables
Access the WISE website to find out about initiatives to encourage females into science and engineering
https://www.wisecampaign.org.uk/about-us/
Access CSEW website to find out about the Crime Survey England and Wales
https://www.crimesurvey.co.uk/en/index.html
Access the CPAG website to find statistics on child poverty
https://cpag.org.uk/
Access the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website to find statistics on poverty
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
Access the Sutton Trust website to find out about research on social mobility
https://www.suttontrust.com/
Access EEF website to find out about research and initiatives to reduce the gaps in achievement
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/
Access the British Sociological Association to find out about relevant research
https://www.britsoc.co.uk/
Visit
Highgate cemetery in London - this is Marx's burial place. An historical tour can be included in the visit.
Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London.
Childhood Museum in Bethnal Green, London.
Theatre trips to watch productions relevant to Sociology
Creative
Create a contemporary relevance folder with relevant research articles.