This online conference will examine the future for the teaching of history in England’s primary and secondary schools.

With an expert panel advising the Department for Education in the development of a model history curriculum, delegates will assess priorities for curriculum design in schools.

Discussion in the agenda includes:
• developing history education - design of knowledge-rich curricula at primary and secondary level - diversifying content and improving representation - teaching pupils historical argument
• the teaching workforce - priorities for support - design of ITT programmes for history - mentoring new teachers - improving recruitment, retention and CPD for specialist teachers
• GCSE and A Level - engaging students - maintaining the position of history as a subject at this level - future pathways for history students progressing into higher education and related careers.

Keynote contributions will be heard from Christine Counsell, Director, Opening Worlds; Editor, Teaching History; and Trustee, David Ross Education Trust; and Sir Anthony Seldon, the noted contemporary historian.

Agenda sessions will bring out their latest thinking on key issues and the way forward:
• Understanding history teachers’ curricular problem-solving - how the profession continues to renew conceptions of quality
• A vision for history in England’s schools.