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Welcome
to the Kimbolton School Politics Department Website
This
site contains information for Kimbolton School Politics Students and any other
student or person wishing to find out more about Politics A Level, and Politics
at Kimbolton.
Visit The
Drudge Report for all Politics News and Links to papers, writers and
broadcasters
For a free US Political News update
service from the Washington Post - click here
E-mail Alison or Christopher Bates
For questions,
online advice about Politics studies, work to be handed in, or useful
suggestions please use the e-mail link above.
A Level results for 2007 - 30 Kimbolton Students gain excellent grades - 60% A, 83% A/B, 97% A/B/C
Click here to see the Department's results record over the
past fourteen years
Politics at Kimbolton
Politics
has been taught at Kimbolton for 15 years and offers students the chance to
study a dynamic and exciting subject at AS and A Level. The course is kept
highly relevant to current events and is made up of papers in British, American
and Comparative Politics. The emphasis is on theory, example, analysis and
argument. Discussing and debating ideas, issues and events is an essential part
of the course. Students are encouraged to think critically and independently.
It is essential that they question the workings and basis of the political
systems they study. Reading newspapers, journals and magazines helps develop
political literacy, as does watching news programmes or political satire on
television. Visits to Parliament and politics conferences are organised, and
for some lucky students, participation in the school's annual American Exchange
is possible where they get to visit
There are currently some 63 students taking A Level Politics.
The
Politics Department teaching staff are: Alison Bates (Head of
Department), Christopher Bates and Sue Hutchinson. Results have been impressive
over the years with a 100% pass rate; an A/B average of 70%; and an A/B/C
average of 91%. In 2006 90% of students gained an A or a B.
The Department was rated 'very good' with an 'excellent standard of teaching' in Kimbolton's 2006 HMC Inspection Report.
Politics
A Level
Key Notes for the AS and A2 Courses
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