History
We hope we can make you interested and curious about the past. We also aim to help you think for yourself — to learn to question what you are told and read.
GCSE
Pupils are prepared for OCR's History B Modern World specification J417. The topic on ‘International Relations, 1919–1939’ is covered and students complete a depth study on ‘Germany, 1918–1945’, a source-based study on ‘Britain, 1890–1918’ and a controlled assessment on ‘Russia and the USSR, 1905–1941’.AS and A level
Pupils are prepared for the OCR specifications H106 (AS) and H506 (A2). There
have been regular changes at St Paul’s to the content studied for AS
and A2. Currently, all AS students study the
British course, ‘From Pitt to Peel’. In addition, they sit a document-based paper, the topic being determined by set from a choice of three: ‘The Origins and Course of the French
Revolution’, ‘The Origins of the American Civil War’, ‘Italian
Unification’. For A2, ‘The Challenge of German Nationalism, 1789–1919’ is studied along with a unit for coursework on ‘Gladstone and Disraeli, 1865–1886’. Further details can be obtained on the OCR web-site.After St Paul’s
Many former students have developed their study of History into distinguished academic careers:- Gareth Stedman Jones, Professor of Political Science at Cambridge
- Tony Hopkins, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin
- David Priestland, Lecturer in Modern History, Oxford
- David Abulafia, Professor of Mediterranean History, Cambridge
- Richard Rathbone, Professor of African History, SOAS
History staff
Anna Rose O'Dwyer
Hilary Stroh
Neville Sanderson
Nick Watkins
Suzanne Mackenzie
Academic News
International Olympiad in Informatics
Zhaoxin Wang selected for British team. More
National Schools’ French Debating
Dan Moosdeen-Mui and Francis Thomas win this year’s competition. More
Anglo-Japanese International Science Conference
The first such conference for students was held at St Paul’s this month. More
Target Two Point Zero triumphant
St Paul’s wins Bank of England & Times Interest Rate Challenge. More
Hans Woyda, 2012
St Paul’s has again won the final of this London Mathematics competition. More
