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History AQA Level 3 Advanced GCE

at Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School, London · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionOutstanding2025see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

History develops a wide range of transferable skills. Students must learn to discover information using books, periodicals, the press, databases and the internet. They learn to read for meaning, to take useful notes, to memorise relevant details, to construct complex arguments and to illustrate them by referring to specific historical situations. They learn to examine and evaluate evidence of documents and images. They compare the evidence of historians of conflicting view and try to arrive at their own conclusions as to their reliability. Students learn to present arguments convincingly, both orally and in writing. History can be taken alongside a range of A-level choices, but it does compliment subjects such as Politics, Geography, Economics, RE, Sociology, Psychology and English Literature. It also works well as the focus topic of an EPQ.

What you need to get on

If taken GCSE History, need a Grade 6 in GCSE History and Grade 6 in GCSE English Language. If you have not taken History, you need a Grade 6 in another Humanities subject such Geography, RE, Sociology or Economics as well as a grade 6 in English Literature.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School

    BELLTREES GROVE, LONDON, SW16 2HY

    DaytimeClassroom based
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