Politics
Politics is an A Level subject that is all about power: who has it, how do they get it and what do they do with it? You can choose it in the VI Form, and you learn about how the Politics of the UK works, alongside political ideologies, and developments in global politics.
You don’t have to be completely familiar with current affairs to do Politics, but if you like keeping up with the news then Politics is a subject you will enjoy. It will help you to understand why the world works in the way that it does, and its topics are so varied that in one lesson you can range from the powers of the British Prime Minister to the global rise of China.
Lots of our students go on to study something involving Politics at university. One of the most popular (and competitive) of such courses is International Relations: studying A Level Politics is the best possible preparation for that course, because there is a huge amount of subject overlap between them.
Academic News
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A busy Trip to London for our Sixth Form Classical Civilisation students.
![Merchiston students on a trip to Paris, standing in front of the Louvre]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732794210/merchistoncouk/ulyjbag4om1pfwdfkyqz/MerchiSTEAMParisTrip2024.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732794210/merchistoncouk/ulyjbag4om1pfwdfkyqz/MerchiSTEAMParisTrip2024.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732794210/merchistoncouk/ulyjbag4om1pfwdfkyqz/MerchiSTEAMParisTrip2024.jpg","width":800}])
Our MerchiSTEAM students tell us more about their incredible trip to Paris, earlier this month.
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A summary of our Careers Department's events over the Autumn Term.
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After Merchiston's strong performance at A-Levels last week, today marks another greatly anticipated day with the publication of our GCSE results for the V Form. Once again, our students have put in a strong performance across the cohort with a fantastic 47% of all papers graded 9/8/7 and 90% papers graded 9-4.
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An impressive 15% of our graduates secured an A* grade, with 85% achieving grades between A* and C. Our overall pass rate remains very robust, with 100% securing passes in these courses.
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There were so many achievements happening this week in sports and activities, that we had to summarise them here. A big congratulations to all the boys below who were celebrated at our recent whole school assembly.
