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History IB

at Impington Village College, Cambridge · college

Level 3A levelsInternational Baccalaureate2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

There are lots of good stories in history but the subject is not about learning the received version of our past. There are facts, but which do we select as significant? There are events, but how do we interpret them? The way we think of our history strongly influences how we view our own world. It is an important subject - sometimes subversive, often enlightening, endlessly fascinating, always challenging. History is taught through a variety of methods and media. As well as reading and discussion, you will handle a lot of primary souces, study video extracts, re-live situations through simulations, prepare individual and group presentations, attend conferences, and pursue your own enquiries in libraries and through the internet. You will have to think for yourself. Politics are at the centre of the course, because the actions of politicians have a profound effect on all of us in the past, present and future.

What you need to get on

Students are not required to have studied History before. For the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB), a student should be a general all-round student,with an overallB-grade profile or higher at GCSE or level 2 equivalentand have a B grade or more in the subject s/he wishes to take at IB diploma higher level or as IB single-subject certificate.

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

  • Impington Village College/International Sixth Form

    NEW ROAD IMPINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 9LX

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · CAMBRIDGE

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