In short, we can cover any option that a student applies for. Unlike some other revision course providers, we do not have a limited list of options, and we will run courses providing there is a student who requests it. We do not run generic GCSE History courses and all classes are specific to the period that the student is studying.
Unlike most GCSEs there are quite a lot of options. Firstly, there are the following exam boards:
- AQA
- Edexcel
- Eduqas (UK)
- OCR
- History A – Explaining the Modern World
- History B – Schools History Project
- WJEC (Wales specific)
In our experience AQA and Edexcel account for most History students, with WJEC in a surprising 3rd place. According to Google OCR is unpopular with students and teachers alike. Whatever exam board you need we would be willing to tackle it, even OCR.
AQA GCSE History Options
Students must pick their options prior to the exam.
Paper 1: Understanding the modern world
Section A: Period studies. Students take one of the following:
- 1AA America, 1840–1895: Expansion and consolidation
- 1AB Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship
- 1AC Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and communism
- 1AD America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality
Section B: Wider world depth studies. Students take one of the following:
- 1BA Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894–1918
- 1BB Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918–1939
- 1BC Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972
- 1BD Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975
- 1BE Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990–2009
Paper 2: Shaping the nation
Section A: Thematic studies. Students take one of the following:
- 2AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
- 2AB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
- 2AC Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
Section B: British depth studies including the historic environment. Students take one of the following:
- 2BA Norman England, c1066–c1100
- 2BB Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272–1307
- 2BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
- 2BD Restoration England, 1660–1685
Edexcel GCSE History Options
PAPER 1: Thematic study and historic environment. Students take one of the following:
- Option 10: Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present and Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: crime, policing and the inner city
- Option 11: Medicine in Britain, c1250–present and The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches
- Option 12: Warfare and British society, c1250–present and London and the Second World War, 1939–45
- Option 13: Migrants in Britain, c800–present and Notting Hill, c1948–c1970
PAPER 2: British depth study. Students take one of the following:
- Option B1: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88
- Option B2: The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216
- Option B3: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509–40
- Option B4: Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88
PAPER 2: Period study. Students take one of the following:
- Option P1: Spain and the ‘New World’, c1490–c1555
- Option P2: British America, 1713–83: empire and revolution
- Option P3: The American West, c1835–c1895
- Option P4: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91
- Option P5: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945–95
PAPER 3: Modern depth study. Students take one of the following:
- Option 30: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–41
- Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany,1918–39
- Option 32: Mao’s China c1945–76
- Option 33: The USA, 1954–75: conflict at home and abroad
Please note that although these are presented as options, they are most often chosen by the school.
