Exceptional performance
Pupils use their extensive and detailed factual knowledge and understanding of the history of Britain and the wider world to analyse relationships between a wide range of events, people, ideas and changes and between the features of different past societies and cultures.(2) Their explanations and analyses of reasons for, and results of, events and changes, are well substantiated and set in their wider historical context.(2) They analyse links between events and developments that took place in different countries and in different periods.(2) They make balanced judgements based on their understanding of the historical context about the value of different interpretations of historical events and developments.(3) Drawing on their historical knowledge and understanding, they use sources of information critically, carry out historical enquiries, develop, maintain and support an argument and reach and sustain substantiated and balanced conclusions independently.(4) They select, organise and deploy a wide range of relevant information to produce consistently well-structured narratives, descriptions and explanations, making appropriate use of dates and terms.(5)