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Publication date: 5th May 2011 by Melanie Jones
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What Does the English Baccalaureate mean for me?

History constitutes a key player in the new English Baccalaureate, being one of the two choices that students may opt for in the Humanities section. The English Baccalaureate is a measure of pupil progress consisting of 5 core subjects that will be reported in league tables. Students who successfully achieve  grades A*-C grades in all of these  subjects are judged to have achieved  the English Baccalaureate and may  receive a certificate. The key subjects are English, maths, science, a modern or ancient foreign language and either history or geography...