Latest developments in history education
The Curriculum and Assessment Review on history September 2026 update – Implications for GCSE history
The Curriculum and Assessment Review has singled out GCSE history as requiring ‘significant review’. There have been calls to tackle the content overload and reduce content significantly, and the review…
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Refining your use of AI in primary history. A second look
In our first detailed article on AI and history in primary history we explored the best ways of using AI and promised to follow this up with a further article….
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New history curriculum for 2028
As you know there was a curriculum and assessment review in November and the government accepted its recommendations relating to history-which I’ve already covered elsewhere. The New revised National Curriculum…
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History in the new curriculum review – November 2025
While you weep at the demise of the teaching of fronted adverbials! ( ha, ha) you will take comfort in the fact that the government’s review of the curriculum does…
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Using mini whiteboards in history
So you have you set of mini whiteboards, your zip bag of pens and your whiteboard cleaners. What next? Mini-whiteboards have multiple uses in primary history lessons. You don’t need…
Read MoreUsing AI to improve learning in history: need convincing?
Laura has just taken over as history subject leader from September. She has an interest in history but no qualifications, post-16. Her other interest is ICT and particularly the growth…
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Policy Exchange report on state of secondary history education in 2025 – comment
I don’t know how many of you have caught sight of this week’s latest contribution to the on-going debate about history teaching in our schools but it makes interesting, if…
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Review of 2025 Historical Association survey
In addition to reading the OFSTED Lead Inspectors’ reports, which are available online, one of the ways of getting a sense of how your school’s provision for history matches others’,…
Read MoreHistory curriculum review – December 2024 update
If any of you were still waiting for the promised new model history curriculum which was due to appear by the end of this year you can now rest easy….
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Historical Association survey of secondary history provision 2019- few surprises and some disappointing statistics
Last week saw the publication of the annual survey into secondary history produced by the Historical Association. Obviously reflecting the views of members of the Association and representing less than…
Read MoreWritten by Neil Thompson
All content on Keystage history is written and quality assured by Neil Thompson, a former history teacher, county history adviser and Ofsted inspector with more than 30 years’ experience in history education.