--- title: "History" url: "https://fortisacademy.org.uk/curriculum/subjects/history" school: "Fortis Academy" --- # History ## Curriculum Intent --- #### **Our curriculum provides students with the knowledge, skills, and experiences to develop their character and resilience. Our curriculum enables our students to realise their varied and ambitious aspirations.** **Our curriculum ensures that we are ‘Enriching Lives’ for all our students throughout their journey from Year 7, to adults who contribute positively within our rich and diverse society.** Our curriculum is planned with the intention of enabling the best outcomes for all students no matter their starting points or barriers to learning. We pride ourselves on our broad, balanced, inclusive, and representative curriculum. | Our curriculum vision is modelled in History where we believe in an inclusive education for all. | |---| | **Our curriculum intent is:** - **Coherently plan, sequence and adapt** our curriculum to meet the unique needs of all of our learners. - Offer **breadth of study** at KS3 that is sequential in leading to study at GCSE and possible A level; all students will be **stretched and challenged** over 5-7 years, taking into account different starting points. - By drawing on other subjects in school such as English, Maths, Science and Geography students can develop **effective literacy and numeracy skills** through **digital technology**. This creates learners who are **confident and competent** readers, writers and speakers, with essential **analytical skills** needed for life. Students also explore many areas linked to Religious Studies as we explore the relationships between religion and state. - Embed a range of **wider enrichment opportunities and experiences**, at least one per year, to ensure our learners have an educational experience that is rich and varied. - Encompass the **whole school core values** to maximise the impact of the curriculum. | | **As a result the History curriculum will:** - Enable students to discover and develop other skills such as **research skills, writing skills, collaboration and problem-solving skills** whilst **building self-confidence** to support them in all aspects of life. - Ensure that our students have a **broad and detailed body of historical knowledge** that covers key aspects of both British and world history, to give them an understanding of both our own and other cultures. - Ensure that our students can develop historical skills to help them explain their own **substantiated opinions**. - Develop **digital skills to remove all barriers** to learning, ensuring that our students can **analyse evidence and interpretations with confidence**. - Develop effective literacy skills that creates learners who have the knowledge to **write and speak confidently and effectively** in History; understanding the important of literacy when analysing evidence. - Ensure that our students appreciate the importance of History in the development of **life skills and employability**. - Ensure that our students develop a **passion for History** and understand the multiple important benefits to having a **depth of knowledge** and how this links to their wider education. - Ensure students are challenged and stretched by developing their **leadership, organisation, resilience, initiative and communication skills** in order to provide foundations for every aspect of school life. | --- ### History Documents Curriculum Map - Years 7 to 11 412 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/fortis-academy/files/documents/curriculum/History/Fortis-Curriculum_Map_History.pdf) Curriculum Map - Year 12 and 13 425 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/fortis-academy/files/documents/curriculum/History/Fortis-Curriculuam_Map_History_KS5.pdf) Core Values 643 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/fortis-academy/files/documents/curriculum/History/History_fortis-curriculum-core-values-template.pdf) [Embedded content](https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2426.30260414627!2d-1.9057416231562243!3d52.546051034300206!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4870a36e62f47207%3A0xf3c68c92e5c0b316!2sFortis%20Academy!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sen!4v1702887597107!5m2!1sen!2sen) **Fortis Academy** Aldridge Road Great Barr Birmingham West Midlands B44 8NU Tel: 0121 366 6611 Email: [![Shaw Education Trust](https://files.schudio.com/shaw-education-trust-2/images/logo/set-misc/footer-logo-v1.png)](https://shaw-education.org.uk) **Shaw Education Trust** Kidsgrove Secondary School Gloucester Road Kidsgrove ST7 4DL VAT: GB 358822467 Tel: 01782 948259 Email: Company Number: 09067175 ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/FortisAcademySET/) - [X](https://twitter.com/academy_fortis) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fortisacademyset) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/academy_fortis) © Copyright 2023–2026 Fortis Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://fortisacademy.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)