Self study A level History

Hey! I have managed to get into my dream sixth form and couldn't be happier. However, due to option blocks I was unable to do English Lit, History and Media as history and media overlapped. I chose to do media as it is directly involved in my dream career in advertising. I have also chosen to do sociology in place of history and an EPQ in a historical event that I am interested in. Though I am now happy with this arrangement, I am desperate to do history also as I am extremely passionate about it and received a 9 in my GCSE's. I recently discovered the idea of self-studying a subject and would like to do it in history instead of doing sociology and an EPQ. I am aware of how hard it will be and I'm not sure how to go about beginning this. I do not know how to organise a tutor or do I ask a school teacher to help me? What forms will I have to fill out to take the exams and who do I need to inform of my decision? I also don't know if my sixth form will allow me to do this but they cannot be contacted during the holidays. I really don't want to hassle them on the first day about changing my decision and I am really stuck. The good news is that I get to do history either way. Any answers to these questions would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

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You need to talk you your 6th form asap.
They may not let you enrol with only 2 taught A levels.
If you want to take A level History then you will need to complete NEA ('coursework') which would require you to have someone supervising, authenticating and marking your work - for this you would need to enrol on a distance learning course or persuade your school to do this.
You need to pay for the exams by February of the year when you are taking them - sort the rest out before worrying about this.