The Humanities Area of Learning and Experience seeks to awaken a sense of wonder, fire the imagination and inspire learners to grow in knowledge, understanding and wisdom. This Area encourages learners to engage with the most important issues facing humanity, including sustainability and social change, and help to develop the skills necessary to interpret and articulate the past and the present.

The Area encompasses geography; history; religion, values and ethics; business studies and social studies. These disciplines share many common themes, concepts and transferable skills, while having their own discrete body of knowledge and skills. Learners may also be introduced to other complementary disciplines, such as classics, economics, law, philosophy, politics, psychology and sociology, if and where appropriate.

In our primary age classes, the humanities are mainly taught under a thematic approach before a more subject discipline approach is adopted when pupils transition to the secondary age in Year 7.Subjects are timetabled individually but, where opportunities arise and where they are valid, connections are made across the humanities area.

The humanities faculty is well resourced and ensures ample opportunities for pupils to engage in extra-curiculuar activities such as school trips, fieldwork and the inviting in of guest speakers.