In Year 11, students begin with Nazi Germany, starting in 1933 and following Hitler's rise to power, until the end of the World War Two. After this, students move on to look at the Troubles in Northern Ireland, beginning in 1969, and finishing with the Good Friday Agreement. Students sit one exam at the end of Year 11, which covers content from both units. The exam is 1 hour and 45 minutes, and equates to 60% of the students' GCSE grade.

In Year 12 students move on to study the events of the Cold War. Students start in the 1940s moving through the century looking at the ideological differences between Communism and Capitalism. Students look at key events in detail such as the atomic bomb, the Berlin Wall, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War. Students move on to look at how the cold war comes to an end, before looking at the events surrounding 9/11, the War on Terror, and finishing the course by looking at the War in Iraq. Students sit one exam at the end of Year 12, which makes up the remaining 40% of their GCSE grade.