For Level 5 students need to both explain a how the Nobility limited the power of the Monachy and explain two other factors that limited the power of the Monarchy.

Some students offered explained disagreement with the statement - i.e. that some monarchs were able to successfully overcome challenges from the nobility. This is also valid.

To successfully explain, you need to specify how the issue you've chosen actually limited the power of the monarchy.

• For instance, you might use the Magna Carta. But to explain this you need to give an example of how it limited John’s (and future monarchs’) power. Otherwise this is not full explanation.

Don't misunderstand the key term in the question! Some students misunderstood the term ‘nobility’, and this limited the extent to which they could access the higher marks.

Rather than listing loads of different factors/monarchs/ examples, focus on fewer issues & develop them more fully to make sure that they respond specifically to the question set.

Examiners were impressed by the number of candidates who were able to construct a clinching argument, often around how Parliament increasingly became more of a threat to the power of the monarchy than the nobility