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Social Sciences

Social Sciences Department Curriculum Intent

The Social Sciences Curriculum aims to help students understand themselves, other people and the society in which they live. Through the study of Psychology, Sociology, Criminology and Health & Social Care, students explore how individuals think and behave, how social institutions shape our lives, the causes and consequences of crime, and the factors that influence health and wellbeing.

At KS4, students develop independence as they learn to analyse evidence, evaluate different viewpoints and apply their knowledge to real-world issues.  At KS5, students build on these foundations through deeper study, independent enquiry and critical reflection, preparing them for higher education, employment and active citizenship.

Throughout their journey, students develop empathy, resilience, communication and analytical skills, enabling them to engage thoughtfully with contemporary issues and make informed contributions to society.

Social Sciences Department Ethos

At the heart of the Social Sciences Department is our commitment to the school vision of Success for All. Through Psychology, Sociology, Criminology and Health & Social Care, we inspire students to be curious about the world around them and develop a deeper understanding of people, behaviour and society.

Students explore why people think and behave as they do, how society shapes our experiences, the causes and consequences of crime, and the factors that influence health and wellbeing. By engaging with real-world issues and contemporary debates, they develop the knowledge and skills needed to understand an increasingly complex and diverse society.

At Key Stage 4, students build independence by taking responsibility for their learning, developing confidence in their ideas and learning how to think critically about evidence and different viewpoints. At Key Stage 5, students become exemplary learners who demonstrate integrity, reflection, responsibility and respect while tackling complex social issues and sensitive topics.

Across all Social Science subjects, students develop valuable skills including critical thinking, communication, empathy, analysis, research and problem-solving. They are encouraged to question assumptions, evaluate evidence and make informed judgements about the world around them.

Our aim is to prepare students not only for academic success, but also for future study, employment and active participation in society. Whether pursuing careers in healthcare, education, law, public services, psychology, social research or beyond, students leave the Social Sciences equipped with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make a positive contribution to their communities and the wider world.

Click on the links below for Criminology

Careers linked to Criminology

Law Enforcement careers such as, Police Officer, Detective, Crime Scene Investigator (CSI), Counter-Terrorism Officer

Criminal Justice System careers such as Probation Officer, Prison Officer, Victim Support Officer

Law careers such as Solicitor, Barrister, Paralegal

Forensic and Investigative careers such as Forensic Psychologist, Forensic Scientist, Digital Forensics Investigator, Criminal Intelligence Analyst, Crime Analyst

Social Care and Community Services careers such as Social Worker, Youth Worker, Family Support Worker, Housing Support Officer

Government and Public Sector careers such as Civil Service, Local Government Officer, Home Office Officer.

assessment

Assessment

Year

Assessment

Number of Assessments per Year

12

Criminology assessments take place throughout the two-year course, with results accumulating towards the final grade.

1 x Unit 1 Controlled Assessment. This counts towards 25% of students' overall A Level grade. 8 hours split across 4 days in January of Year 12.

2 x mock exams at the end of Unit 2 in April and June

1 x Unit 2 Exam in the June exam window. 1hour 30 minutes. This counts towards 25% of students' overall A Level grade.

2 x Assessments that count towards overall A Level

 

2 x Mock exams

13

Criminology assessments take place throughout the two-year course, with results accumulating towards the final grade.

1 x Unit 3 Controlled Assessment. This counts towards 25% of students' overall A Level grade. 8 hours split across 4 days in December of Year 13.

2 x mock exams at the end of Unit 4 in April and June

1 x Unit 4 Exam in the June exam window. 1hour 30 minutes. This counts towards 25% of students' overall A Level grade.

2 x Assessments that count towards overall A Level

 

2 x Mock exams

 

 

Further reading

For A Level (Textbooks and revision guides)

  1. Criminology Book One for the WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate & Diploma – Rob Webb and Annie Townend
  2. Criminology Book Two for the WJEC Level 3 Applied Diploma – Rob Webb and Annie Townend
  3. WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate & Diploma Criminology: Study and Revision Guide - Revised Edition – Carole A Henderson & Laura Neasham

Further, general reading:

  • Mapping Murder – David Canter (Unit 2: Criminal profiling, Unit 3: Crime Scene to Courtroom, offender profiling)
  • The Puzzle of Personality – David Canter (Unit 2: Psychological explanations of criminal behaviour)
  • Mindhunter – John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker (Unit 2: Biological and psychological explanations of crime, profiling)
  • The Jigsaw Man – Paul Britton (Unit 2: Offender profiling, Unit 3: Criminal investigations) 
  • The Cases That Haunt Us – John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker (Unit 3: Evidence, investigations and unsolved crimes)
  • Whoever Fights Monsters – Robert K. Ressler (Unit 2: Serial killers and profiling)
  • The Secret Barrister – The Secret Barrister (Unit 3: Courts, legal professionals, criminal justice process)
  • Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime – Val McDermid (Unit 3: Forensic evidence, crime scene analysis)
  • Monster – Walter Dean Myers (Criminal justice process and labelling)
  • The Bone Collector – Jeffrey Deaver (Crime Scene to Courtroom)
  • The Silence of the Lambs – Thomas Harris (Criminal profiling)
  • The Green Mile – Stephen King (Crime and Punishment)
  • The Firm – John Grisham (White-collar crime)
  • In Cold Blood – Truman Capote (Understanding offenders and society's response to crime)

If films are more your thing:

  • Just Mercy (Changing Awareness of Crime, Crime Scene to Courtroom, Crime and Punishment)
  • Richard Jewell (Changing Awareness of Crime, Crime Scene to Courtroom)
  • American History X (Criminological Theories, Crime and Punishment)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (Criminological Theories, Crime Scene to Courtroom)
  • City of God (Changing Awareness of Crime, Criminological Theories, Crime and Punishment)
  • The Hurricane (Crime Scene to Courtroom, Crime and Punishment)
  • In the Name of the Father (Crime Scene to Courtroom, Crime and Punishment)
  • The Bone Collector (Crime Scene to Courtroom)
  • The Lincoln Lawyer (Courtroom Process)
  • Kiss the Girls (Behavioural profiling)

Learning Journey 

Year 12
  Content Assessments Trips/Events
Term 1 Unit 1: Changing Awareness of Crime    
Term 2 Unit 1: Changing Awareness of Crime    
Term 3 Unit 2: Criminological Theories

UNIT 1 Controlled Assessment - 25% of Overall Grade

  
Term 4 Unit 2: Assessment 1 - Unit 2 Mock  
Term 5 Unit 2: UNIT 2 EXAM - 25% of Overall Grade  
Term 6 Unit 3: Crime Scene to Courtroom  

Digital Forensics - Talk in school from external body
     

 

Year 13
  Content Assessment   
Term 1 Unit 3: Crime Scene to Courtroom    
Term 2 Unit 3: Crime Scene to Courtroom

UNIT 3 Controlled Assessment – 25% of Overall Grade

  
Term 3 Unit 4: Crime and Punishment    
Term 4 Unit 4: Crime and Punishment Assessment 1 - Unit 4 Mock  
Term 5 Unit 4: Crime and Punishment Assessment 2 - Unit 4 Mock  
Term 6   UNIT 4 EXAM - 25% of Overall Grade  
 

 

Revision resources

A Level

Link to Specification and Past Papers  - https://www.wjec.co.uk/qualifications/criminology-level-3/#tab_keydocuments

Tutor2U Playlists cover all the topics we cover - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tutor2u+criminology

Study Rocket - https://studyrocket.co.uk/revision/level-3-criminology-wjec

Quizlet for Unit 2 exam: https://quizlet.com/gb/957985802/wjec-level-3-applied-diploma-criminology-unit-2-flash-cards/

Quizlet for Unit 4 exam: https://quizlet.com/gb/908741103/criminology-unit-4-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=f54f4457-312e-4247-8532-99d0f2c5c04c

Useful revision apps

  • Anki (Flashcards & spaced repetition)
  • Quizlet (Quick retrieval practice)
  • Seneca Learning (Interactive quizzes)
  • Forest (Focus and revision timer)
  • Google Keep (Revision checklists and notes)

Click on the links below for Health & Social Care

Careers linked to Health & Social Care

Careers linked to Health and Social Care

  • Variety of health care professions, including occupational therapy, midwifery and nursing
  • Variety of social work professions, including social worker, youth worker and domiciliary carer
  • Education sector including teaching, nursery nurse and teaching assistants.

assessment

Health & Social Care Assessment
  Assessment  Numbe of Assessments per year 

10

PSA 1 (Pearson Set Assignment) – 6 hour timed written exam where students can take notes into the assessment – worth 30% of final grade

1 x PSA (6 hours)

11

PSA 2 (Pearson Set Assignment) – 6 hour timed written exam where students can take notes into the assessment – worth 30% of final grade

Mock in November (2 hour paper)

Mock in February (2 hour paper)

3

 

1x PSA (6 hours)

2 x full paper (2 hours)

12

Unit 1 – Human & Lifespan Development

  • Right choices assessment (45 mins)
  • Mock in November (1 hr paper)
  • Mock in February (1hr 30min paper)
  • Exam in May (1hr 30 mins)

PSA (Pearson set assignment) – Unit 5 – Promoting Health Education

  • 2 x assignments

5

13

Unit 2 – Human Health and Biology

  • Mock in November

Exam in January (1hr 30 mins)

PSA (Pearson Set Assignment) – Unit 3 – Principles in HSC

  • 3x assignments

5

 
 

Further reading

For GCSE (Textbooks and revision guides)

1. BTEC Tech Award 2022 Health and Social Care Student Book (2022)

2. Component 3  Health and Wellbeing Knowledge Book for BTEC Tech Award in Health & Social Care – Tutor2U

For A-Level HSC (AAQ specification)

1. L3 AAQ BTEC National 2025 Health and Social Care Ext Cert Student Book, Crowe (2025)

2. Unit 5 Promoting Health Education Knowledge Book for AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care – Tutor2U

3. Unit 3 Principles of Health & Social Care Practice Knowledge Book for AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care – Tutor2U

4. Unit 1 Human Lifespan & Development Exam Skills Book for AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care – Tutor2U

5. Unit 2 Human Biology & Health Knowledge Book for AAQ BTEC National in Health & Social Care – Tutor2U

Further reading:

  • This is Going to Hurt, Adam Kay (Healthcare service)
  • The Fault in Our Stars, John Green (Illness)
  • Elizabeth is Missing, Emma Healy (Illness and old age)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest, Ken Kesey (Mental illness)
  • No Child of Mine, Susan Lewis (Social Care)

If films are more your thing:

  • Still Alice (Illness)
  • Hidden Figures (Care values and legislation)
  • To the Bone (Diet and appearance)
  • The Identical Strangers (Family/Relationships)

TV Shows:

Learning Journey 

Year 10
  Content Assessment
Term 1 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development
1A – Life stages
1B – Life Events		  
Term 2 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development
1A – Life stages
1B – Life Events		  
Term 3 Unit 2 – Services and Values in Health and Social Care
2A – Services in HSC
2B – Skills, attributes & values in HSC		 PSA 1 (Pearson Set Assignment) – 6 hour timed written exam where students can take notes into the assessment – 30% of final grade
Term 4 Unit 2 – Services and Values in Health and Social Care
2A – Services in HSC
2B – Skills, attributes & values in HSC		  
Term 5 Unit 2 – Services and Values in Health and Social Care
2A – Services in HSC
2B – Skills, attributes & values in HSC		  
Term 6 Unit 2 – Services and Values in Health and Social Care
2A – Services in HSC
2B – Skills, attributes & values in HSC		  
 

 

Year 11
  Content Assessment Trips/Events 
Term 1 Unit 2 – Services and Values in Health and Social Care
2A – Services in HSC
2B – Skills, attributes & values in HSC		 PSA 2 (Pearson Set Assignment) – 6 hour timed written exam where students can take notes into the assessment – 30% of final grade  
Term 2 Component 3 – Health and Wellbeing Y11 November Mock - Component 3 Paper - 2 hours  
Term 3 Component 3 – Health and Wellbeing Y11 February Mock - Component 3 Paper - 2 hours  
Term 4 Component 3 – Health and Wellbeing    
Term 5 Component 3 – Health and Wellbeing Component 3 EXAM - 40% of final grade Aylesbury college
Term 6      

 

Year 12
  Content Assessment Trips/Events 
Term 1 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development and Unit 5 – Promoting Health Education    
Term 2 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development and Unit 5 – Promoting Health Education   Ashbrook Primary School & Oracle Ear Care
Term 3 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development and Unit 5 – Promoting Health Education Unit 5 - PSA - first date  
Term 4 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development and Unit 5 – Promoting Health Education    
Term 5 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development and Unit 5 – Promoting Health Education Unit 5 - PSA final date - 25% of final grade  
Term 6 Unit 2 – Human Biology & Health    

 

Year 13
Term 1 Unit 2 – Human Biology & Health and Unit 3 – Principles in Health and Social Care    
Term 2 Unit 2 – Human Biology & Health and Unit 3 – Principles in Health and Social Care November mock  
Term 3 Unit 3 – Principles in Health and Social Care Unit 2 exam - January - 1hr 30 mins - worth 25% of final grade. Unit 3 - PSA first date Resit for unit 1 exam  
Term 4 Unit 3 – Principles in Health and Social Care    
Term 5 Unit 3 – Principles in Health and Social Care Unit 3 - PSA - final grade - worth 25% of final grade  
Term 6   Resit window for Unit 1 & 2  

 

revision resources

https://www.tutor2u.net/students/more/aaq-btec-national-health-social-care

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkUFzp9yoQo&t=1s

https://www.tutor2u.net/students/more/btec-national-health-social-care

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYdNyAnEcQc&list=PLp8BSCLLWBUA-4mj_vxoHdCkAQYth_PbR

Click on the links below for Psychology

Careers linked to Psychology

Clinical and Mental Health Careers such as Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT)

Educational Careers such as Educational Psychologist, Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), Psychology Teacher

Criminal Justice Careers such as Forensic Psychologist, Probation Officer, Youth Offending Team Worker and Criminal Behaviour Analyst.

Business and Workplace Careers, such as Occupational Psychologist, Human Resources (HR) Manager, Marketing, Management, Advertising, Sales

Sports and Performance Careers such as Sport and Exercise Psychologist, Physiotherapist

Health and Social Care Careers such as NHS Practitioner Roles, Social Worker (with further training), Family Support Worker, Substance Misuse Worker

assessment

Assessments

Year

Assessments

Number of Assessments per Year

10

At the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 10. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full GCSE examination.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past GCSE examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

3 x Assessments

 

1 x Yr 10 Summer Mock

11

As before, at the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 10. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full GCSE examination.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past GCSE examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

2 x Assessments

 

November Mock

 

February Mock

 

 

GCSE Examination’s made up of 2 x 1hr 30mins papers

12

At the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 12. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full A Level examination.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past A Level examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

5 x Assessments

 

 

Yr 12 Summer Mock

13

As before, at the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 12. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full A Level examination.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past A Level examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

2 x Assessments

 

November Mock

 

February Mock

A Level Examination’s made up of 3 x 2Hr Papers

 

Further reading

For GCSE (Textbooks and revision guides)

  1. OCR GCSE (9-1) Psychology. Mark Billingham and Helen J. Kitching (our main textbook that we use in class)
  2. MyRevision Notes OCR GCSE (9-1) Psychology. Mark Billingham
  3. OCR GCSE (9-1) Psychology WORKBOOK. Mark Billingham

For A Level (Textbooks and revision guides)

  1. AQA Psychology for A Level: Year 1 & AS — Cara Flanagan, Matt Jarvis & Rob Liddle (Green Haired Book)
  2. AQA Psychology for A Level: Year 2 — Cara Flanagan (Pink Haired Book)
  3. AQA Psychology for A Level: Year 1 & AS Revision Guide — Cara Flanagan, Matt Jarvis & Rob Liddle
  4. AQA Psychology for A Level: Year 2 Revision Guide — Cara Flanagan
  5. Oxford Revise: AQA A Level Psychology — Adelaide McLaughlin

Further, general reading:

  • The Shock of the Fall – Nathan Filer (Schizophrenia)
  • Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig (Depression)
  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat – Oliver Sacks (Memory & Biopsychology)
  • Forever Today – Deborah Wearing (Clive Wearing & Memory)
  • The Lucifer Effect – Philip Zimbardo (Social Influence)
  • Moonwalking with Einstein – Joshua Foer (Memory)
  • Hidden Valley Road – Robert Kolker (Schizophrenia & Genetics)
  • The Brain That Changes Itself – Norman Doidge (Biopsychology/ Neuropsychology)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest – Ken Kesey (Mental illness)
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Absolutely Fine – Gail Honeyman (Depression, Trauma)

If films are more your thing:

  • A Beautiful Mind (Schizophrenia)
  • Memento (Memory)
  • The Stanford Prison Experiment (Social Influence)
  • The Experimenter (Milgram and Obedience)
  • 12 Angry Men (Minority Influence)
  • The Wave (Die Welle) (Conformity and Obedience)
  • Good Will Hunting (Humanistic Approach and Therapy)
  • The Father (Memory and Cognitive Decline)
  • The Aviator (OCD and Psychopathology)
  • Temple Grandin (Biopsychology and Autism)
  • 50 First Dates (Memory, Anterograde Amnesia)
  • Finding Nemo (Memory – Short-Term Memory Loss)
  • Inside Out (Memory, Emotion, Development)
  • Three Identical strangers (Twin studies, nature-nurture debate)

Learning Journey 

Year 10
  Content Assessment 
Term 1 Criminal Psychology and Research Methods Progress Assessment
Term 2 Criminal Psychology and Research Methods Assessment on Criminal Psychology and Research Methods
Term 3 Social Influence  
Term 4 Social Influence Assessment on Criminal Psychology, Social Influence and Research Methods
Term 5 Development  
Term 6 Development Year 10 Summer Mock on Criminal Psychology, Social Influence, Development and Research Methods

 

Year 11
  Content Assessment 
Term 1 Memory  
Term 2 Memory and Sleep and Dreaming Year 11 Mocks - Paper 1 - 1hr10mins (not Psychological Problems) and Paper 2 - 1hr10mins (Not Sleep and Dreaming)
Term 3 Sleep and Dreaming and Psychological Problems Year 11 Mocks - Paper 1 - 1hr10mins (not Psychological Problems) and Paper 2 - 1hr30mins
Term 4 Psychological Problems Assessment on Psychological Problems and Research Methods
Term 5 GCSE EXAMS GCSE EXAMS
Term 6    

 

revision resources

GCSE

Specification - https://www.ocr.org.uk/images/309306-specification-accredited-gcse-psychology-j203.pdf
Past Papers - https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/psychology-j203-from-2017/assessment/
Save My Exams - https://www.savemyexams.com/gcse/psychology/ocr/17/
Psych Space YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@Psych-Space

A Level

Specification - https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/psychology/as-level/psychology-7181
Past Papers - https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/psychology/a-level/psychology-7182/assessment-resources
Psych Boost - https://www.youtube.com/@PsychBoost
Tutor2U - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tutor2u+aqa+psychology+live+revision
Save My Exams - https://www.savemyexams.com/a-level/psychology/aqa/25/

Useful revision apps

  • Anki (Flashcards & spaced repetition)
  • Quizlet (Quick retrieval practice)
  • Seneca Learning (Interactive quizzes)
  • Forest (Focus and revision timer)
  • Google Keep (Revision checklists and notes)

 

Click on the links below for Sociology

Careers linked to Sociology

Social Research & Policy careers, such as Government Research Officer, Market Research Analyst, Data Analyst

Criminal Justice & Law careers, such as Police Officer, Probation Officer, Prison Officer, Crime Analyst, Solicitor, Barrister

Social Care & Community Work careers such as, Social Worker, Family Support Worker, Youth Worker

Media & Communications careers such as, Journalist, Public Relations Officer, Content Writer, Social Media Manager

Business & Human Resources careers such as, Human Resources (HR) Officer, Recruitment Consultant, Management Consultant

Politics & Government careers such as, Local Government Officer, Political Researcher, Parliamentary Assistant

International Careers such as International Aid Worker, United Nations Programme Officer, Migration Specialist

assessment

Assessments     

Year

Assessments

Number of Assessments per Year

10

At the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 10. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full GCSE examination.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past GCSE examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

3 x Assessments

 

1 x Yr 10 Summer Mock

11

As before, at the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 10. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full GCSE examination.

Every two weeks, students will complete an extended 12-mark exam style question. This helps them build the essay writing and evaluation skills needed for success in GCSE Sociology.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past GCSE examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

2 x Assessments

 

Bi-Weekly 12-mark essay question

 

November Mock

 

February Mock

GCSE Examination’s made up of 2 x 1hr 45mins papers

12

At the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 12. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full A Level examination.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past A Level examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

5 x Assessments

 

 

Yr 12 Summer Mock

13

As before, at the end of each unit, students complete an assessment covering all content studied since the start of Year 12. This cumulative approach helps students regularly revisit previous learning and gradually build towards the demands of the full A Level examination.

Each assessment uses questions taken from past A Level examination papers, helping students become familiar with the style, structure and expectations of the final exams.

2 x Assessments

 

November Mock

 

February Mock

 

A Level Examination’s made up of 3 x 2Hr Papers
     

Further reading

For GCSE (Textbooks and revision guides)

  1. AQA GCSE (9-1) Sociology (Updated Edition). David Bown
  2. AQA GCSE (9-1) Sociology Student Book. Pauline Wilson, Simon Addison
  3. AQA GCSE (9-1) Sociology All-in-one Complete Revision and Practice. Collins
  4. MyRevision Notes AQA GCSE (9-1) Sociology. Ian Woodfield

For A Level (Textbooks and revision guides)

  1. Sociology for AQA Volume 1: AS and 1st-Year A Level, 5th Edition – Ken Browne
  2. Sociology for AQA Volume 2: 2nd Year A Level, 3rd Edition – Ken Browne, Jonathan Blundell & Pamela Law
  3. Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 1 AS & 1st Year A Level – Ken Browne
  4. Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 2nd Year A Level – Ken Browne
  5. The Tutor2U Study Guides on each of the individual topics are also good, can be found on Amazon or the Tutor2U website.

Further, general reading:

  • 1984 – George Orwell (Media, ideology, power, social control)
  • Noughts & Crosses – Malorie Blackman (Social stratification, inequality, race)
  • The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (Power, class, social control)
  • The Circle – Dave Eggers (Media, surveillance, globalisation)
  • The Outsiders – S. E. Hinton (Crime and deviance, social class)
  • To Sir, With Love – E. R. Braithwaite (Education, ethnicity and achievement)
  • Room – Emma Donoghue (Families and socialisation)
  • Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro (Health, ethics and society)

If films are more your thing:

  • Parasite (Social Stratification, Crime, Family)
  • The Hate U Give (Crime, Media, Social Inequality)
  • Billy Elliot (Family, Education, Social Class, Gender)
  • The Hunger Games (Media, Crime, Stratification)
  • American History X (Crime, Identity, Socialisation)
  • The Truman Show (Media, Social Control, Identity)
  • Freedom Writers (Education, Ethnicity, Social Class)
  • City of God (Crime, Poverty, Stratification)
  • The Pursuit of Happyness (Family and Social Mobility)
  • Me Before You (Disability and quality of life, Health)

Learning Journey 

Year 10
  Content Assessment 
Term 1 Introduction to Sociological Perspectives Assessment 1: End of Topic Test
Term 2 Families and Research Methods Assessment 2: Mid Topic Review on Families and Research Methods
Term 3 Families and Research Methods  
Term 4 Education Assessment 3: Families, Partial Education and Research Methods
Term 5 Education  
Term 6 Education Year 10 Summer Mock Exams - Paper 1

 

Year 11
  Content Assessment Trips/Events 
Term 1 Crime and Deviance   Justice Museum
Term 2 Crime and Deviance November Mock Exams - Paper 1 - 1Hour 45Mins and Partial Paper 2 - 1Hour (Crime and Deviance)  
Term 3 Social Stratification February Mock Exams - Paper 1 - 1Hour 45Mins and Paper 2 - 1Hour 45Mins (Crime and Deviance and part of Social Stratification)  
Term 4 Social Stratification Assessment - Paper 2  
Term 5 Preparing for exams GCSE EXAM  
Term 6      

 

Year 12
  Content Assessment 
Term 1 Introduction to Sociological Perpectives and Health Year 12 Choosing the Right Subject Assessments
Term 2 Introduction to Sociological Perpectives and Health Assessment 1 - Health
Term 3 Methods in Context and Education Assessment 2 - Health, Methods in Context, Education
Term 4 Methods in Context and Education Assessment 3 - Health, Methods in Context, Education
Term 5 Theories and Methods Assessment 3 - Health, Methods in Context, Education, Theories and Methods
Term 6 Theories and Methods Year 12 Summer Exams - Paper 1 - 2 hours and Partial Paper 2 - 1hr (Health)

 

Year 13
  Content Assessment 
Term 1 Media and Theories and Methods Assessment 1 - Paper 1 (2 hrs)
Term 2 Media and Theories and Methods Y13 Mock - Paper 1 (2 hrs) and Paper 2 (2 hrs)
Term 3 Media, Theories and Methods and Crime and Deviance Y13 Mock - Paper 1 (2 hrs) and Paper 2 (2 hrs) and Paper 3 (2hrs)
Term 4 Crime and Deviance Assessment 2 - Paper 3
Term 5 A LEVEL EXAMS A LEVEL EXAMS
Term 6   A LEVEL EXAMS

 

Revision resources

GCSE

Specification - https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/gcse/sociology-8192/specification
Past Papers - https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/gcse/sociology-8192/assessment-resources
Save My Exams - https://www.savemyexams.com/gcse/sociology/aqa/17/
Tutor2U YouTube Playlists - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp8BSCLLWBUCRk3SRWs9ULudIcXuU3Ac6

A Level

Specification - https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/a-level/sociology-7192/specification
Past Papers - https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/sociology/a-level/sociology-7192/assessment-resources
Tutor2U Playlists cover all the topics we cover - https://www.youtube.com/@tutor2u-official/playlists  
Save My Exams - https://www.savemyexams.com/a-level/sociology/aqa/15/
YouTube The Teacher Sociology - https://www.youtube.com/@TheTeacherSociology

Useful revision apps

  • Anki (Flashcards & spaced repetition)
  • Quizlet (Quick retrieval practice)
  • Seneca Learning (Interactive quizzes)
  • Forest (Focus and revision timer)
  • Google Keep (Revision checklists and notes)

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