Quality Mark

The HA Quality Mark: recognising and promoting high quality history provision in schools. The HA Quality Mark is a recognised and valued award which provides a framework for success whether you are looking to gain the acknowledgement you deserve or are looking to improve your history provision. Read more

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  • Become a Quality Mark School: Primary

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    The Historical Association Quality Mark (QM) is all about recognition of the excellent history provision you the teacher, your department and your school offer young people. The Quality Mark provides a framework for success whether you are looking to gain the acknowledgement you deserve, or whether you are looking to...

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  • Primary Quality Mark: meet our assessors

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    Being assessed can be scary – but inviting your QM assessor into school shouldn't feel like this! Our assessors, made up of carefully selected experienced history education professionals from across the primary and secondary sector, are keen to help schools celebrate what they do well and to share the good...

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  • Primary Quality Mark: Exemplar applications & case studies

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    Just as we model examples for our pupils, we understand that knowing what a QM gold or silver school looks like is just as important to any school thinking about taking part. In this section you will find a selection of full QM case studies as well as a number...

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  • Quality Mark in the news

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    A school's pride in gaining the History Quality Mark is often shared by the wider community through the local press and school websites and newsletters, some of which are featured in this section.  Some QM schools have also worked with us to produce journal articles providing insights into the Quality Mark process...

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  • Support materials for schools undertaking the Quality Mark

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    Once you've made the choice to register or to talk to senior leaders about registering your school to take part in the HA Quality Mark, explaining the process to other members of staff will be important. Sometimes you may have to make a case. To make your task as easy...

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  • Register of schools holding the Quality Mark

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    See our full register of awarded Quality Mark Schools, updated monthly. Each school holds their QM status for 3 years from the date of award.

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