History

Assessment

Your History A Level will be assessed through a series of exams at the end of your two-year course. Paper 1, Russia, 1917-91: from Lenin to Yeltsin, and Paper 3, Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763-1914, will each consist of a 2-hour exam in which students will answer three questions on their topic, worth a total of 60 marks for each paper. Paper 2, Maos China, 1949-76, will be worth 40 marks and students will be required to answer two questions. The questions will range from the stand.