Sociology is part of the social science department which also includes psychology (A Level only) and health & social care. We are a growing department, who teach only examined subjects across the whole spectrum of abilities. We help our students to achieve their best through high levels of support from our enthusiastic, experienced and expert teaching staff. We welcome students with a wide range of abilities and background because we want to prepare them for wider society by equipping them with the analytical skills to help them become reflective, logical and critical thinkers. Sociology is a fascinating subject which is highly topical and very relevant to the lives of young people living in contemporary Britain.

WHY CHOOSE TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL FOR THIS SUBJECT?

Sociology A level has been running as a successful and popular course at Silverdale for many years. Due to the increasing interest in studying the subject at degree level and A level, we decided to introduce the GCSE to give pupils the opportunity to explore this fascinating course much sooner in their school career. Sociology explores a range of issues which are of interest to young people such as the effects of social media, gender identity, causes of crime and the rise in knife crime, racial inequality and the causes of poverty. The GCSE in sociology gives a strong grounding in exploring some of these social issues and will benefit those wanting to pursue sociology or other social science subjects like psychology, health & social care and criminology in sixth form.