A level History

Our core entry requirements are six or more GCSEs at grade 5+, including 5+ in English literature, language and mathematics. There are also subject-specific criteria for some subjects as detailed on our websites linked below.

Entry requirements on the Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form website

Entry requirements on the Jane Austen College website

Our application process takes place completely online through our dedicated application website here. Following your application to join us from Help You Choose, we'll contact you

George Santayana famously said “Those who do not learn History are doomed to repeat it.” It is through studying the past that we truly understand the political, economic and social problems of our world today, and our course has been chosen to examine and analyse three significant events in recent History that have contributed to the current events we read about on a regular basis.

Studying history allows students to study change, continuity, cause and consequence in a pivotal century in British History and the world. We also include an in depth study of the evolving course of international relations during the Cold War, an era of tension between communist and capitalist powers which threatened nuclear Armageddon.

We teach the following A-Level components:

• Paper 1 (1F): Industrialisation and the People: Britain c1783 to 1885 (40%)

• Paper 2 (2R): The Cold War c.1945-1991 (40%)

• Students also undertake an independent historical investigation connected to the topic of African-American Civil Rights in the United States c.1860-1965 (20%)

It is preferable to have studied History at GCSE; to take History A Level, students should have a grade 5 in History, or in other subjects where students must construct a reasoned argument.

GCSE 5+ in English literature, English language and history

For entry to the school overall, you will need six or more GCSEs at grade 5+ including maths, English literature and English language