Ms F A Stanyon - Head of Department
Mr D Harrison
Mr C O’Donnell
Mr D A R Guy
Mr S J Walmsley

Hymers has a lively History Department dedicated to bringing the highest quality of teaching to this exciting subject.

There are currently three full-time and three part-time members of staff who teach across the entire age range from Year 7 to Year 13.

All students study History in Years 7 to 9. The course shadows Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum.

History is a popular option both at GCSE and AS/A level. For GCSE students are prepared for OCR’s Schools History Project. The options undertaken are History of Medicine, 20th Century Ireland, the American West and a study of castles and fortifications, which is undertaken as the History Around Us component.

At AS/A level, students may choose from either the Modern option or the Tudor option (both OCR).

A level History students take part in various study days together with visits related to their courses. A programme of visiting speakers is being developed.

The Department is based in a suite of adjoining classrooms in the main building. Staff and students have access to a learning resources area that is shared with the Mathematics Department.

The Department organises a number of Field Studies during the year, both within the UK, for example to London and Warwick, as well as further afield to the Great War Battlefields of Belgium and France. Every other year we offer a tour to Arizona as a tie-in with GCSE SHP and to Washington DC.

F A Stanyon