Eduqas GCSE History specification
The specification (C100) is Eduqas's own description of the History course: what you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. The link below opens the board's PDF on eduqas.co.uk, so you always get its current version.
Open the C100 specification (PDF) (opens eduqas.co.uk in a new tab)Everything for Eduqas GCSE History, with the past papers, grade boundaries and the notes and flashcards people have shared.
How Eduqas GCSE History is examined
From Eduqas's grade boundaries for June 2026. Some boards list every optional paper or time-zone variant, so you sit only the ones for your route; the specification says which.
- Component 1 (British) - Conflict and Upheaval: England, 1337-138153 marks
- Component 1 (British) - The Elizabethan Age, 1558-160353 marks
- Component 1 (British) - Empire, Reform and War: Britain, 1890-191853 marks
- Component 1 (British) - Austerity, Affluence and Discontent: Britain, 1951-197953 marks
- Component 1 (Non-British) - The Crusades, c.1095-114953 marks
- Component 1 (Non-British) - The Voyages of Discovery and Conquest of the Americas, 1492-152253 marks
- Component 1 (Non-British) - Germany in Transition, 1919-193953 marks
- Component 1 (Non-British) - The USA: A Nation of Contrasts, 1910-192953 marks
- Component 2 (Period Study) - The Development of the USA, 1929-200040 marks
- Component 2 (Period Study) - The Development of the Germany, 1919-199140 marks
- Component 2 (Period Study) - The Development of the USSR, 1924-199140 marks
- Component 2 (Period Study) - The Development of the UK, 1919-199040 marks
- Component 2 (Thematic Study) - Changes in Crime and Punishment in Britain, c.500 to the present day64 marks
- Component 2 (Thematic Study) - Changes in Health and Medicine in Britain, c.500 to the present day64 marks
- Component 2 (Thematic Study) - The Development of Warfare in Britain, c.500 to the present day64 marks
- Component 2 (Thematic Study) - Changes in Entertainment and Leisure in Britain, c.500 to the present day64 marks
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Revising from the History specification
Work through the specification's content list and mark what you are unsure of, then practise those parts with Eduqas's past papers and read your marks against the same year’s grade boundaries.
Common questions
Where can I find the Eduqas GCSE History specification?
The link on this page opens Eduqas's own copy of the History specification (C100), a PDF on its website, so you always get the current version. We link to it rather than keep a copy.
What is in the History specification?
A specification is the board's own description of the course: the content you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. It is the most useful single document to revise from, because every exam question has to come from it.
Can I make practice questions from the specification?
Yes. cookie can make exam-style questions from a specification and mark your answers, so you can practise the parts you are least sure of once you run out of past papers.
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