Category Archives: History

Why history matters

There was an excellent article in yesterday’s Guardian about history teaching. In it, Martin Kettle argues that the English are bereft of history and that such a loss has huge and damaging social implications. Here at The Curriculum Centre we … Continue reading

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Using curriculum freedoms to innovate – our two five-year history cycles

Pimlico Academy has a history specialism and as such we have put a great deal of thought into its history curriculum. We wanted the curriculum to be based on sound historical principles. We wanted it to be sequenced chronologically, to … Continue reading

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Why Ancient History is very 21st century

Yesterday Daisy and I spoke at Wellington’s conference on using independence to transform schools. One of the wonderful joys of freedom from the local authority and from the national curriculum is that we can improve and innovate on what we … Continue reading

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