History

History at Crispin sets out to create inquisitive, well-rounded historians who keep asking questions about the world around them. Students journey from the Norman Conquest and the Black Death, through the Tudors and Stuarts, the British Empire, the Industrial Revolution and the kingdoms of Mali and Benin, to the Russian Revolution, two world wars and the Holocaust.

Throughout, we challenge them to think like historians. They weigh up cause and consequence, trace change and continuity, judge significance and question different interpretations of the past. Local history brings the past to life on our doorstep, and trips and visits deepen students’ understanding. Students debate difficult moral questions with care and respect, and at GCSE they study medicine through time, Elizabethan England, the Cold War and the USA at home and abroad.