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30/11/23

A beautifully wintry morning at Epping St. John's 💚❄️

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29/11/23

“The sun guides us”, The Forester’s daughter, ESJ Winter Play. A little ray of light descends on St John’s Church in Epping on the 12th of December for the drama club performance ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ pic.twitter.com/5JGNc3jRE2

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27/11/23

The Performing Arts Department has been working tirelessly in rehearsals to perfect what will be a beautiful afternoon of drama and music. This will be performed at St. John's Church on Tuesday 12th December. 🎭🎼🎄⛪️ pic.twitter.com/QLgZYCHPxK

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27/11/23

A huge congratulations to our award winning students. A great afternoon celebrating your successes with parents and carers 💚🏅 pic.twitter.com/pzviqkhDrp

27/11/23

Thank you so much for inviting me. Our catering team served a delicious lunch, home cooked roast chicken and apple crumble - irresistible! 😋

27/11/23

A great challenge last week at for our KS2 children. Sports leaders showing the way!! pic.twitter.com/jrib0yguLS

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27/11/23

A massive congratulations and well done to AC for representing Epping St John and Casablanca in the BSGA regional competition pic.twitter.com/EnWkzFFkLZ

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27/11/23

Wonderful evening celebrating the achievements of our Year 13 leavers and our new Year 12 students . pic.twitter.com/2JbJZmWKR3

27/11/23

Great evening! Thank you for organising

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27/11/23

Our A-Level Morning Taster Sessions with Y11 have started! Here is Chemistry 🧪 and French 🇫🇷 ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ pic.twitter.com/HdpC4C2D5k

08/11/23

We are looking forward to welcoming year 11 students and parents from ESJ and further afield to our 6th Form Open Evening tomorrow. https://t.co/FdGUbrXyvD

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08/11/23

🍴 It's day 3 of National School Meals Week. Children at were joined by the Chair of Governors, Deputy Head and staff from our Estates & Facilities team for a roast dinner🙌 Catering staff were then treated to a meal served by students to thank them pic.twitter.com/5e5pwkNglK

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08/11/23

🍴 It's day 3 of National School Meals Week. Children at EppingStJohns were joined by the Chair of Governors, Deputy Head and staff from our Estates & Facilities team for a roast dinner🙌 Catering staff were then treated to a meal served by students to thank them pic.twitter.com/Db0hS0RhvM

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08/11/23

‼️ This Thursday ‼️Sixth Form Open Evening6pm - 8pm pic.twitter.com/E6jXgemSAJ

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07/11/23

Join us for our Sixth Form Open Evening Thursday 6pm-8pm pic.twitter.com/avNhTxz9F8

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07/11/23

Another ESJ team through to the next round of the Essex Cup... AP player of the match with a brace pic.twitter.com/iZzUGqQyMj

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18/10/23

💚 We were delighted to welcome our Year 7 parents and carers into school to meet the tutors, find out how well the first half term has gone, and to celebrate all of the achievements of our new Year 7s so far. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/qVfpGN5hoL

17/10/23

⚽️ It was a busy morning with pupils from 🏀🎾 The KS1 event saw Year 9 & 10 Sports Leaders demonstrate and guide on a variety of skills 🤸 ⛹️ We're looking forward to welcoming KS2 at the next multi-skills event after half term 🥅 pic.twitter.com/1yCIeGpw0E

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13/10/23

Another great win, but for our Year 7 boys.⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️4-3 against a tough Hall Mead team pic.twitter.com/7djVi7BJ75

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12/10/23

A truly inspiring assembly by Mr Wilson this morning. Facing our fears and doing things anyway- like astronauts! 🛰🚀👨‍🚀 pic.twitter.com/fk8v5yDlXL

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Government and Politics A-Level

Why study Government & Politics?

Edexcel’s new qualifications will help students to develop knowledge and understanding of the role politics plays in relation to current local, national, and global issues, as well as studying key thinkers and political ideas. Each topic in our specification is fully detailed, providing you with the full range of breadth and depth to teach.

Course Content

First Year Content

In the first year candidates will develop a broad knowledge and understanding of the political system of the UK.

The specification concentrates on People, Politics and Participation as well as Governing Modern Britain.

Units covered—

People, Politics and Participation.

  • The nature of participation in the political process.
  • Participation through the ballot box.
  • Electoral systems.
  • Political Parties.

Governing Modern Britain.

  • British Constitution.
  • Role of Parliament.
  • Policy making and implementation.

 

Second Year Content

This is a much more conceptual based year where we study ideologies as well as a ‘comparison’ unit where we look at the USA Political system and compare it to the UK.

The A2 specification focuses on understanding the workings of ideologies as well as the comparison between the USA and UK political system.

Units covered—

US Government & Politics

  • Electoral process and direct democracy.
  • Political Parties
  • Voting Behaviour
  • The US Constitution
  • US Congress
  • The Executive
  • The Supreme Court

Political Ideologies

  • Liberalism
  • Socialism
  • Conservatism
  • Nationalism

Assessment

A Level Government and Politics is assessed using  3 examinations.

Students will be assessed on the knowledge they have acquired over the two year course.

Future careers linked to this subject:

  • Commercial, Industrial and Public sector jobs
  • Local and National Government
  • Journalism or the Media
  • Research, Analysis and Development
  • Education and Teaching
  • Legal sector and the Judiciary

Entry Requirements

Achieve a Grade 6 or above in GCSE History and/or 6 in GCSE English

Examination Board

Edexcel

Teacher to Contact:

Mr Bitis

 

 

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