The Historical Association announces the shortlist for the inaugural Young Quills Award   The Historical Association, in association with BBC History Magazine, are delighted to announce the selected shortlist for the inaugural Young Quills award for children's historical fiction. This new prize has three separate categories; Young Fiction (for under 7...

The Department for Education has announced the following:  Q and A - curriculum When will the next steps be announced? We will announce the next steps shortly. What will the new curriculum look like? We intend to restore the National Curriculum to its original purpose - a minimum national entitlement for...

Each year, on or around the 12th June, we celebrate Anne Frank Day on what would have been her birthday. This year, our annual Anne Frank Day assembly looks at the difference made by Anne's father, Otto Frank, 50 years after the doors of the Anne Frank House opened to...

32 Postkarten retells the story of a German-Jewish family from the outbreak of the Second World War to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. It is a story of the end of two love affairs, the one between Liesbeth and Walter, and the one between Germany and its Jews.  The...

Details from the Cambridge Primary Review's invitational seminar on 1 April: At the seminar we discussed a draft set of post-election policy priorities for primary education. The priorities have now been firmed up in light of these discussions and are presented in the attached briefing paper. The briefing will be...

An Ofsted report published today showcases 20 primary schools in very challenging circumstances that have been rated 'outstanding' at least twice. The 20 schools, from across England, defy the association of disadvantage with low standards. They serve communities where pupils come from poorer urban backgrounds and an above average proportion...

This website replaces the award-winning Learning Curve, with all the same resources for teaching and learning history, but in an exciting new design and a structure that should make resources much easier to find and use.They have added in additional topic websites from The National Archives, covering subjects as diverse as the...

History campaigners demand more detailed subject coverage for trainees A government review of teacher training prompted by the Rose primary curriculum review should ensure students spend more than just a few hours on subjects, campaigners say. Some primary PGCE courses feature just half a day on humanities, despite worries that...

Some of the winning entries are attached to the bottom of this page! The competition this year has again been very successful. We received 111 entries from 51 schools across England and Wales. These broke down into 39 stories from Year 7 pupils, 41 from Year 8 pupils and 31 from Year...

Wanted to tell you about the new free resources from the Anne Frank Trust designed to complement the BBC drama "The Diary of Anne Frank". The resources are designed for KS2 and 3, focusing on History, English and Citizenship and are available for download from our website from the 9th of...