KS3–KS4 History Curriculum (Years 7–11)

Aligned with the National Curriculum for England – suitable for all exam boards.

Year	Topics / Themes	Skills / Historical Enquiry	Assessment Focus
Year 7	Stone Age to Iron Age, Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon England	Chronology, cause & consequence, source analysis	Short written responses, timelines, source-based questions
Year 8	Medieval England, Black Death, Tudor England, Stuart Britain	Interpretation of historical evidence, change & continuity	Source evaluation, extended writing, narrative accounts
Year 9	Industrial Revolution, Victorian Britain, WWI	Analysing causes & effects, developing historical arguments	Extended essays, thematic comparisons
Year 10	Interwar period, WWII, Cold War, post-war Britain	Interpretation of sources, using evidence to support argument	Source-based exams, essays, historical enquiry projects
Year 11	Modern world conflicts, civil rights, international relations	Evaluating interpretations, structured argumentation	GCSE-style source questions, essay writing, thematic study

Autumn Term

Stone Age & Bronze Age Britain
Chronology and timelines

Spring Term

Roman Britain & legacy
Anglo-Saxon England
Source analysis and interpretations

Summer Term

Viking invasions
Local history project

Autumn Term

Medieval England: feudalism, Black Death
Key events & societal changes

Spring Term

Tudor England: Henry VIII, Elizabeth I
Religious changes & political power

Summer Term

Stuart Britain: Civil War, monarchy & Parliament
Assessment: source analysis and extended writing

Autumn Term

Industrial Revolution: society, economy, urbanisation
Victorian Britain

Spring Term

WWI causes and consequences
Introduction to source evaluation

Summer Term

Historical enquiry: thematic comparisons
Assessment: extended essays

Autumn Term

Interwar period: economic & political changes
WWII: causes, events, consequences

Spring Term

Cold War introduction
Post-war Britain: society, politics

Summer Term

Assessment preparation: source analysis, essay writing

Autumn Term

Modern world conflicts, civil rights movements
International relations: post-1945

Spring Term

Interpretations and historiography
Source-based practice and extended writing

Summer Term

GCSE exam preparation and revision

Year 7

Topics: Stone Age to Iron Age, Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon England
Skills: Chronology, cause & consequence, source analysis
Assessment: Short written responses, timelines, source-based questions

Year 8

Topics: Medieval England, Black Death, Tudor & Stuart Britain
Skills: Interpretation, change & continuity
Assessment: Source evaluation, narrative writing, extended responses

Year 9

Topics: Industrial Revolution, Victorian Britain, WWI
Skills: Cause & effect analysis, developing historical arguments
Assessment: Extended essays, thematic comparisons

Year 10

Topics: Interwar period, WWII, Cold War, post-war Britain
Skills: Source interpretation, evidence-based argument
Assessment: Source-based exams, essays, enquiry projects

Year 11

Topics: Modern world conflicts, civil rights, international relations
Skills: Evaluating interpretations, structured argumentation
Assessment: GCSE-style source questions, essay writing, thematic study