Our Curriculum

At Long Field Spencer Academy, our History department are passionate about their subject and work tirelessly to impart their expertise onto students with a constant focus on preparing them for GCSE, A-level and beyond.

Students in Key Stage 3 will study History for two hours a week. This includes many opportunities for source analysis, improving their written skills, promoting curiosity and their enjoyment of the subject. At Key Stage 4, students study History three times a week, studying four topics from across history, enabling them to study further History at KS5 and University.

Throughout the History curriculum, we have a focus on ensuring that all students develop a love of learning, the ability to ask important questions and make judgements on historical events. Built into the curriculum are regular opportunities for students to retrieve previous knowledge and make links both between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 topics. In the History department, we strongly believe that all pupils should study a broad range of History from 1066 to the modern day, as studying History is important in order to learn from the past and apply this to the future so that we can make informed decisions.