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Pearson Edexcel GCSE History: Aiming for Grades 8-9
Course Code: T0445 £249.00
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This brand-new practical, examiner-led course is designed for teachers of Pearson Edexcel GCSE History who want to help their highest-attaining students consistently achieve Grades 8–9, with a particular focus on securing Grade 9 performance. Led by experienced examiner Lydia Hasan, the course explores the characteristics of top-band responses, the common barriers that prevent able students from progressing beyond Grade 6, and the teaching strategies that develop sophisticated historical thinking and writing. Throughout the day, delegates will gain expert insight into examiner expectations across every paper, explore the demands of the most challenging question types, and develop practical strategies to stretch and challenge able historians. Teachers will leave with classroom-ready approaches to improve extended writing, argument, source analysis and interpretations, helping more students achieve the very highest grades.BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Understand what distinguishes Grade 9 responses from Grades 6-8
- Develop effective strategies to stretch and challenge the highest-attaining students
- Strengthen students' performance on the most demanding questions across all three papers
- Learn how to teach sophisticated argument, precise evidence and top-band exam technique
- Take away practical resources and examiner-informed strategies to maximise Grade 9 outcomes
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Teachers delivering Pearson Edexcel GCSE History to students aiming for Grades 8–9
- Early Career Teachers looking to develop confidence in stretching and challenging high-attaining students
- Experienced teachers seeking to increase the proportion of students achieving Grades 8 and 9
- Heads of History looking to embed high-attainment strategies across their department
- Teachers moving to the Pearson Edexcel specification from another examination board
PROGRAMME
10.00am: Understanding the Journey to Grade 9- Exploring how effective Key Stage 3 preparation lays the foundations for top GCSE outcomes
- Identifying why many able students plateau at Grade 6 and how to move them beyond this
- Developing students' understanding of command words and the precise demands of examination questions
- Exploring the most challenging historical skills assessed across the Pearson Edexcel specification
- Identifying the common pitfalls that prevent the strongest students from achieving Grade 9
11.00am: Navigating the Demands of Each Examination Paper
- Exploring the common skills and question types across Papers 1, 2 and 3
- Developing effective approaches to the Historic Environment questions in Paper 1
- Tackling the unique demands of the Period Study questions in Paper 2
- Strengthening students' responses to Sources and Interpretations in Paper 3
11.30am: Break
11.45am: Breaking Through the Grade 6 Ceiling
- Developing sophisticated extended writing for change and continuity questions in Paper 1
- Teaching students to explain significance and importance with greater precision in Paper 2
- Refining higher-level responses to sources and interpretations in Paper 3
1.00pm: Lunch
1.45pm: Mastering the 16-Mark Questions
- Developing students' understanding of command words and what examiners are looking for
- Working backwards from the mark schemes to teach top-band responses
- 'How far do you agree?' - building convincing, well-supported argument
2.15pm: Refining Grade 9 Performance
- Teaching students to select fewer, higher-quality examples to strengthen AO2 rather than relying on excessive AO1 knowledge
- Developing argument-led essays with clear judgement, sustained analysis and logical organisation throughout
- Mastering the challenging Paper 3 interpretations 16-mark question using examiner-informed strategies
3.50pm: Depart
GCSE - Code: T0445Pearson Edexcel GCSE History: Aiming for Grades 8-9
COURSE LEADER
Lydia Hasan has over a decade of experience teaching History in inner-city London secondary schools and is an expert Pearson Edexcel GCSE History examiner, consistently receiving an Exceeded Expectations grading. As an experienced Head of History, she combines extensive classroom expertise with detailed examiner knowledge to help teachers understand exactly how marks are awarded.
Her approach focuses on making GCSE History accessible through practical teaching strategies, simplified assessment guidance and explicit modelling of successful exam responses. Her proven methods have consistently secured strong outcomes for students
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