Keystage history - Imaginative History Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools
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Keystage history is the home of best practice in primary and secondary history teaching and learning. Our 3,000+ active users trust the up-to-date, authoritative, cutting edge, expert advice on issues such as deep dive inspections and you will be inspired by all the creative planning and teaching ideas. Subscribers love the hundreds of fully resourced history lessons, all judged outstanding by a vastly experienced LA history adviser who has observed over 2,000 primary and secondary lessons and has carried out 60 national inspections for OFSTED. Every aspect of leading history 5-19 is covered in detail from rationales for curriculum planning, through to raising standards, assessment, progression and inspiring colleagues. This site is a must for any forward-looking subject leader.
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Building vocabulary to help pupils’ historical understanding. My 100 top KS2 words
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1. SEND
While pupils with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are highly likely to need much more frequent repetition, the general principles from research into...A pupil response to KS2 assessment task on women in Ancient Greece
Karl is in Y5 and has been taught in a school where standards are high but progress is slightly below national expectations for the cohort....10 places to go to find out about your local area
1. Go to your library
Your local library will nearly always have a local history section that can tell you about the area in which you...MATs v Council-maintained? What does the evidence tell us about relative performance? May 2022
Council-maintained schools in England outperform academies in Ofsted rankings, according to analysis published on the day the government’s ambitions for all schools to join multi-academy...KS4 – Migration; Expulsion of the Jews 800 years ago : now a topical issue – May 2022
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The DfE have been trailing the idea of a model curriculum for history for a while now. They seem to miss the irony of the...Taking on history leadership: doing the right things – 10 key steps
Taking on subject leadership can be a daunting prospect, especially if it is your first. When there is so much to do, and so many...What makes a history department outstanding?
The department is an 11-19 comprehensive school serving Hounslow. Approximately 80% of the students are from minority ethnic groups. The proportion whose first language is...OFSTED’s judgements about historical concepts needs challenging
Most of us will question OFSTED’s judgment from time to time, not least because it is highly subjective. Maybe that is better than having a...Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee – KQ1 – Why are we celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee this year?
This unit of work has been designed to be used as a one-off study to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It covers her life...Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee – KQ2 – How do we know when and how Princess Elizabeth became Queen?
This unit of work has been designed to be used as a one-off study to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It covers her life...Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee – KQ3 – How has life changed for the queen since her coronation?
This unit of work has been designed to be used as a one-off study to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It covers her life...Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee – KQ4 – What important events have happened during the queen’s long reign? More suitable for older pupils
This unit of work has been designed to be used as a one-off study to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It covers her life...Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee – KQ5 – What were other jubilees like in the past? Most suitable for older pupils
This unit of work has been designed to be used as a one-off study to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It covers her life...
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Neil acts as an educational consultant for history for schools throughout the country. After teaching for 12 years, during which time he ran two departments and was a member of the Senior Leadership, Neil moved into advisory work.
For 18 years, he supported 70 secondary and 450 primary and special schools in Hampshire during which time he carried out over 60 national OFSTED inspections. More recently he has been heavily involved in running about 40 highly acclaimed national training courses a year for primary and secondary history teachers, as well as bespoke whole staff INSET days in primary schools.
