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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 trusts (Mats) are expected to be outlined in the Queen’s speech...

KS4 – Migration; Expulsion of the Jews 800 years ago : now a topical issue – May 2022

Those of you teaching about medieval England or the new thematic study on migration may for GCSE might like to share this topic with your students to show that even an 800 year old action...

Here’s one i made earlier – The DFE’s plans for a new model primary history curriculum – May 2022

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 fact that Gove’s 2014 National Curriculum was heralded as THE...

Inclusive history curriculum – March 2022

So you will have a new "model history curriculum" by 2024 to equip you with the skills to lead lessons that cover "migration and cultural change", the government announced today. The plan is part of...

Knowledge rich: necessary but surely not sufficient? Or 5 good reasons not to listen to Nick Gibb, the schools minister

In a speech delivered last week, July 21,2021, we had to read, or listen to, the same ill-informed clap-trap from a government minister banging on about the knowledge-rich curriculum as if that was the only...

New evidence of Anglo-Saxon mutilations as punishment

Ninth-century England was a bad place to be a criminal, new findings suggest. The skull of an Anglo-Saxon teenager discovered in Hampshire shows that she had her nose and upper lip cut off and may have...

New evidence at Chedworth Roman villa casts new light on Dark Ages

A mosaic at Chedworth Roman villa that was previously believed to date from the fourth century has now been radiocarbon-dated to 100 years later, around 480AD. This suggests, of course, that a sophisticated Roman lifestyle...

How close to World War Three has the world come since 1945. A Year 9 enquiry.

Just as the United Nations is marking its 75^th anniversary, so the world peace it was set up to maintain is yet again under threat. The United States and China are at loggerheads over a...

Spectacular Bronze Age finds

Among the items found this week in Peebles in Scotland were a complete horse harness, preserved by the soil, and a sword that have been dated as being from 1000 to 900 BC. They also...

Wizards and scientists:changing views of Stonehenge. History as interpretations and a constant conversation between past and present

One of the harder parts of teaching history at Ks2 is to explain to pupils that history is a construct, and one that changes not only with new discoveries but with new opinions. History is...

Is this another find to help us understand Stonehenge?

Yesterday's more interesting news centred on a newly-published report on the finds at Durrington Wells on Salisbury Plain. As the place where the builders of Stonehenge lived and feasted, Durrington Walls is key to unlocking...

Latest research on Stonehenge- a must for KS2 teachers

The results of one of the largest DNA studies yet conducted show that soon after Stonehenge was built, Britain was 'invaded' by new arrivals from the Continent. Until about 4,500 years ago, Britain was inhabited by...

MATs v Council-maintained? What does the evidence tell us about relative performance? May 2022

KS4 – Migration; Expulsion of the Jews 800 years ago : now a topical issue – May 2022

Here’s one i made earlier – The DFE’s plans for a new model primary history curriculum – May 2022

Inclusive history curriculum – March 2022

Knowledge rich: necessary but surely not sufficient? Or 5 good reasons not to listen to Nick Gibb, the schools minister

New evidence of Anglo-Saxon mutilations as punishment

New evidence at Chedworth Roman villa casts new light on Dark Ages

How close to World War Three has the world come since 1945. A Year 9 enquiry.

Spectacular Bronze Age finds

Wizards and scientists:changing views of Stonehenge. History as interpretations and a constant conversation between past and present

Is this another find to help us understand Stonehenge?

Latest research on Stonehenge- a must for KS2 teachers

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