Politics

Government and Politics is a recent and exciting addition to the Post 16 curriculum. It involves the study of politics in Britain, Northern Ireland and the U.S.A. Boys are entered for examinations with CCEA.

Departmental Staff

Subject Curriculum

AS Level

Three modules are studied in Year 13:

• MODULE 1: Inter-relationships between the U.K Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
• MODULE 2: The Government and Politics of Northern Ireland.
• MODULE 3: Electoral Systems, Voting Behaviour, Pressure Groups and Political Socialisation
  
  

A2 Level

Three modules are studied in Year 14:

• MODULE 4: The government and politics of the U.S.A.
• MODULE 6: The government and politics of the U.K. and U.S.A. - Comparative Study.
• MODULE 8: Political Power. This module forms part of the synoptic assessment of Government and Politics.

Events & Trips

In December a party of 40 sixth form Politics and Drama students visited London for a four day educatrional visit. During our time there we visted Parliament and had a guided tour of 10 Downing Street. We also saw Cabaret and Frost Nixon in the West End and visited the Globe Theatre and the Tate Gallery.

While in Parliament we had a question and answer session with Lembit Opik, Kate Hoey and the inimitable Boris Johnson.

In what was a packed schedule some of us also took in the West Ham v Blackburn Premier League football match. This was an extremely enjoyable and worthwhile trip and our thanks go to Lady Sylvia Hermon our local M.P. for all her kind assistance in the organisation of the visits.