The Humanities Learning School

Our young people are growing into a world that is changing and developing at a rapid pace; as such they are certain to face challenges which are almost unrecognisable to generations before them. Therefore, we believe that quality Humanities provision is vital not only to our students’ academic ability and achievement, but most crucially to their personal development and preparation for life beyond the classroom. 

Our Humanities curriculum has been planned with care, expertise knowledge and passion.  It aims to spark creativity and capture the imagination of all our students through the study of the following academic disciplines: Citizenship, Geography, History, PSHE and Religious Education.  At A Level the Humanities Learning School also offers the opportunity to study Criminology, Law, Psychology and Sociology.

The study of Humanities subjects offers students the opportunity to understand a range of histories and cultures, foster a sense of social justice and equality, think critically and logically, develop writing and reading skills, but most importantly to ask questions and make moral, spiritual and intellectual sense of the world that they live in. 

The provision of a broad, challenging and knowledge rich Humanities curriculum is the most powerful tool we can provide for our students; equipping them with the understanding and compassion to go forward in life with confidence and as rounded and thoughtful citizens.  As such we extend our curriculum beyond the classroom, with opportunities to engage in lunchtime and after school clubs, as well as trips and visits both in the UK and abroad. 

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Subjects

For more information on the Humanities Curriculum contact:

Mrs F Stanley - Head of Humanities fstanley@hswv.co.uk

Enrichment Activities

  • Field trips and foreign travel opportunities, including First World War Battlefields, Berlin and Krakow, and a biennial winter skiing trip

  • University links for Masterclasses and familiarisation visits

  • History Book Club

  • Geography Environment Group

  • KS5 Debating Society

  • Law Moot Competition

  • Young Citizen and Youth Council

  • Performing Arts Extravaganza

  • 'The Holocaust, Their family, Me and Us' project

  • Hidden Histories lecture programme

  • Girton College Cambridge Humanities Writing Competition

““ Underpinning our ethos is the recognition that we live in a diverse and rapidly changing world, and so learning must support the development of attitudes, values and life-skills needed for progression into that world. “”