History Curriculum

Principles and Purpose of our History Curriculum

The impact of our History curriculum is to provide pupils with coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. We want to inspire pupils’ curiosities to know more about the past and learn to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, assess arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. Studying history helps students to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

The following principles have informed the planning of our History curriculum:

• Entitlement: All pupils will study a broad range of content from the past 1000 years, they will access a range of evidence and historical scholarship through their enquiries.
• Coherence: Our curriculum is chronologically sequenced with a focus on period, place, and people, which deliberately builds on and develops conceptual and disciplinary knowledge.
• Mastery: We want our pupils to be able to link new knowledge to previously taught content and understand the different ways they connect.
• Adaptability: Teachers can adapt our resources for their specific cohorts. Local History will be embedded by each department throughout the curriculum where it is relevant for their context.
• Representation: All pupils will encounter a curriculum in which they can see themselves whilst offering a range of diverse experiences that provide an opportunity to broaden their knowledge through the curriculum.
• Education with character: Through the curriculum, pupils are given many opportunities to debate historical controversy and to share and reflect on a range of topics. Within their school and local communities, there are moments for students to extend their learning beyond the classroom, such as remembrance and commemoration of significant events.

For more information regarding the curriculum content, ‘what we teach, why it is taught and when’ please view our curriculum maps below.

To access additional learning resources to support students learning in History please refer to the KS3 Knowledge Organiser or The Regis SP and our primary learning platforms Oak Academy and Seneca.