As you will have seen in the media, the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove has launched a consultation on proposals for a radical reform of the examination structure for 14-16 year olds. The proposed new English Baccalaureate Certificate will encompass the core subjects of English, Mathematics, Science and...

Over the summer Ofqual launched a consultation on proposed reforms to A-Level examinations. We polled our members to find out what you thought of the proposals. Thank you to the nearly 900 of you who responded to our online poll. Your huge response, alongside consultation with A-Level history experts has helped us...

York, 10-11 May 2013 Presidential Lecture: Professor Jackie Eales How glorious was Gloriana? Elizabeth I and her historians Saturday Lecture: Marc Morris - The Norman Conquest Marc presented the TV series Castle and wrote the accompanying book. Marc's talk will be based on his new book, The Norman Conquest, which...

Congratulations to the students who have received their GCSE results. In particular we at the Historical Association are proud of those who now have a GCSE in history - those students are part of the long tradition of British young people who continue to understand the importance of studying the...

Kent Archaeological Society The names of 14 people who may have lived in East Farleigh, Kent, nearly 2,000 years ago have been deciphered on a lead scroll found during Maidstone Area Archaeological Group's ‘dig' on the site of a Roman farmstead in a field off Lower Road.Measuring 60 mm by 100...

Last week news concerning the future of the GCSE examination was leaked to the media. Here at the HA we were as surprised by the announcements as members of Mr Gove's own party. The media has pounced on the leak and changes creating a storm of interest and further confusion....

The Historical Association Write Your Own Historical Story Competition and the Joan Blyth Memorial Prize 2012. The competition this year has again been successful. With the change in categories there was a very slight reduction in entries but this was balanced by the number of schools entering students who had...

The Historical Association is pleased to announce that the winners of The Young Quills Awards for 2012 are Barbara Mitchelhill, for Run Rabbit Run, Andersen (2011), in the Primary age group category and in the secondary age group category Paul Dowswell, for Sektion 20, Bloomsbury (2011). Both of the books...

All in all, the last few months have been rough for exam boards: allegations of leaking content of future papers, heavy criticism of mechanistic and unfit GCSE exams and now news that a senior OCR examiner has been suspended for blowing the whistle on incorrect marking of examination papers. Hundreds...

In line with its total commitment to History for All, the HA has, with ASDAN, developed a history CoPE course that is accessible, yet challenging. This new course will be available to centres for teaching from September 2012. ASDAN style ‘challenges' fit closely with the HA's vision of history as...