Humanities

The Humanities Department will do its utmost to ensure the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of each pupil in addition to the development of subject specific knowledge, understanding and skills.  The Humanities department at Clayton Hall Business and Language College includes History, Geography and Citizenship and ensures a close working relationship with the Religious Education Department.  The department aims to ensure that the Humanities play a vital role in enriching the experience of all pupils at Clayton, enabling them to understand the context of the world that they live in and to be able to think critically as informed citizens and to take their full role in this ever changing world. The department accepts that both History and Geography are individual and important subjects in their own right and are taught by specialists wherever possible.  However, the department also accepts and attempts to maximise the opportunities for students and staff of a close working relationship between the two subjects.

Pupils are taught to think critically and investigate the ever-changing world around them and to reach conclusions with an open mind using the widest variety of historical and geographical evidence available. The Humanities are taught as lively relevant subjects that play an important role in twenty-first century society.

Both subjects teach pupils from across the ability range and enjoy considerable success at GCSE, with results regularly being above both the school and the national average. 

Topics Taught in Key Stage 3

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9