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jonesmel1977.bsky.social @jonesmel1977.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s not too late to join this autumn’s cohort of the history Subject Leader Development Programme! Led by @hughrichards.bsky.social @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @egcarr.bsky.social and others, this recognised programme is a game changer! www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

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Will Goodfellow @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Lovely spending time this weekend with @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @jacobolivey.bsky.social @egcarr.bsky.social @kerrylouisehistory.bsky.social and so many other Hachette Learning authors and friends at the @histassoc.bsky.social conference. A wonderful event with truly wonderful people.

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Will Goodfellow @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We’re nearly there with #changinghistoriesks3 Fragile Worlds and I couldn’t be prouder of how this project is coming together. Here are a few stunning spreads. You can see more at the @histassoc conference this week! Massive thanks to the author team led by @counsellc.bsky.social #HAConf26

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jonesmel1977.bsky.social @jonesmel1977.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Will you be starting a new role as a subject leader in September? It’s not too late to book onto the summer cohort of our ever popular Subject Leader Development Programme! @hughrichards.bsky.social @catherinepriggs.bsky.social @egcarr.bsky.social www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

What an excellent day at #Soane26 So much food for thought from @sam-jones.bsky.social @paulalobo.bsky.social and @heatherbellaf.bsky.social as well as Sit Richard Evans. Wonderful to catch up with history teaching colleagues. Thank you so much @michaeldoron.bsky.social and team for organising.

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Early morning train through a flooded landscape heading for #Soane26 Looking forward to presenting on assessment and the curriculum, sharing an approach from my department, and to the other amazing sessions on offer.

Poster for Ark Soane History Conference 2026 on the theme of Knowing More.

Title slide for a presentation entitled Assessment as a curricular question.

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Sitara A @mrsamin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Anyone explicitly teach continuity explicitly? We do so as part of change but I’m interested in what continuity could look like for history teachers. Thank you so far to L (not on here), @egcarr.bsky.social and @alistairdickins.bsky.social

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benarscott.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Thanks to @egcarr.bsky.social, @counsellc.bsky.social and all the other editors of Teaching History who put in so many hours to put together this amazing journal. For this edition, I really enjoyed writing up my thinking process for an enquiry on Toussaint L'Ouverture.

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Teaching History 201 from @histassoc.bsky.social is online. Brilliant authors sharing their varied approaches to teaching about interpretations. Great CPD for history teachers and subject leads! @sehartsmith.bsky.social @historysuperfan.bsky.social @benarscott.bsky.social and others

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This is a brilliant piece. I had the privilege of a pre-publication preview and have adopted Sarah and Jessie's analogies in my teaching with Year 10. Do read it!

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I talked recently to our SLT about some of the stuff we want our curric to do. I reckon MFL does some things on my list more than almost any other subject, and we lose a hell of a lot if we focus only on the instrumentalist angle and let langs become even more of a (wealthy) minority pursuit.

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

After the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review a few weeks ago I expressed concern about the future of languages in schools, particularly at KS4. The DfE’s response and Progress 8 proposals have only made me more worried. Here’s a quick thread to explain why. bsky.app/profile/mrmo...

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Having taken a look at the Curriculum and Assessment Review, I’m feeling more reassured than I was with the titbits leaked in advance to the press. I haven’t read every bit of it yet, but here are a few things I’m pleased about and a few things that worry me (definitely not comprehensive)…

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Subjects: - Threat to MFL from removal of EBacc. This is very precarious and needs strong protection. - Will offer of Triple Science for all actually lead to greater equity or just mean lower grades for some?

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It was a pleasure to host @catherinepriggs.bsky.social at Avanti Grange and a great opportunity to showcase our curriculum, drawing so much on the brilliant #ChangingHistoriesKS3

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Excited to be leading a two-part webinar series with @haringeyeduc.bsky.social on leading secondary history - helping subject leaders turn vision into practice. Perfect current and aspiring history leads & SLT wanting to strengthen subject leadership in their schools. Links below 👇

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

This was always going to be the direction given how little illegal immigration there is. This is going to do us all damage for years to come.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Thrilled to say I'm a judge for the first ever Inspiring History Teaching Awards, in association with Historic Royal Palaces. Do you know a great history teacher in the UK who deserves to go down in history? Nominate them here bit.ly/42yhGZP

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Created by Historic Royal Palaces, these awards celebrate teachers who make history exciting, inclusive and meaningful. We want to recognise the impact that great teachers can make by bringing the pas...

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Soviet history teachers, my reading on the Khrushchev/Brezhnev era doesn’t match what I’ve read on 1917-53 or Gorbachev and end of USSR. I’m keen to level up. What should I read (other than general overviews of the whole Soviet period, which I’ve done)? @alistairdickins.bsky.social can you help?

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Pete Jackson @petejackson.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Delighted to share this new blog on teaching People’s Health Industrial using the fabulous work of @manchesterhistory.uk and the story of Angel Meadow. I’ve loved working on this. Thanks Dean for your incredible book. #historyteacher open.substack.com/pub/petejack...

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World building with Angel Meadow

Teaching Industrial People's Health through the story of Victorian Britain's most savage slum

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Ian Dawson @iandawson51.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

If you've found this book helpful, could you send me a few words about via DM or below. I'm hoping to put together a collection of positive comments for the author who's having medical treatment at the moment. Many thanks.

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

www.instagram.com/reel/DPcAFoh... This short film features my mother, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, and now an activist against the war in Gaza. Please share widely

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Christine Counsell @counsellc.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

A joy to see this. Feedback from pupils and parents shows #ChangingHistoriesKS3 is changing the game for KS3 history Rich story, deep scholarly connections, rigorous enquiry questions and enquiry journeys all need to be embedded and integrated, not bolted on as extra texts.

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Fascinating conversation with Year 10 students yesterday, studying Huguenot refugees in early modern Britain. One student remarked on the impact and legacy of the Huguenots in relation to establishing the Bank of England - 'so they were French but they created the English national bank! ...

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Lovely feedback from parents at our Open Evening tonight. Those new to the school blown away by our curriculum content. Existing parents telling me their children love History for the stories. It's #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Thanks to @counsellc.bsky.social @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social and authors!

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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I've been thinking about this a lot since you posted yesterday @freereed59.net so, for what it's worth, here is my list of some key features of a great @histassoc TH article... 1/

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Ali Messer @freereed59.net · 27/09/2025

Here is a question for #HistoryEducation. What makes a good Teaching History article? A short thread for #historyteacher s. Teaching History is a journal published by @histassoc.bsky.social and read by thousands of teachers. (Is that the right 'number'?) 1/n 🧵

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Jess Angell @jessangell.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Really enjoyed our Hums department meeting today. A focus on using choral response in a subject specific way. We read blogs by @claireharley.bsky.social @priteshraichura.bsky.social & @steplab.bsky.social module. All followed up by a discussion of how we are implementing it & how we can improve!

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Ben Bassett @benbassett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Following on from our HA talk in May, @petejackson.bsky.social and I have written a blog post on writing and using well-researched stories for GCSE History. Please do check it out! open.substack.com/pub/benbasse...

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Making GCSE History Memorable

How historical stories can capture attention, deepen knowledge, and sharpen curriculum focus. (This post will also appear on Pete Jackson's substack)

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Cracking article from @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social and @jcarrollhistory.bsky.social in latest Teaching History. Couldn’t be more timely for me as I’ve been consciously writing and using stories much more with my A Level students. Plenty here both to encourage and to challenge me.

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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Many of us involved in #historyteacher #TeacherEducation have been keen to see subject, & distinctive nature of our discipline, re-centred in the recent focus on instructional coaching & core-practices in schools. It was brilliant, therefore, to read 'Secondary History in Action'. 1/

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Prof. Claire Ball-Smith @educprofclaire.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

This 👇👇👇👇

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Claire Harley @claireharley.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Absolutely delighted to be chosen as the Teacher Tapp blog of the day! This blog is about how I make working, studying and parenting manageable during term time. www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/the-sun...

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The Sunday Reset; Tips I've learnt to rise above the chaos during term time

A summary of tips I've learnt about balancing working, studying and being a mum during term time.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Not Even Wrong: my thoughts on the BBC's King and Conqueror. www.marcmorris.org.uk/2025/08/king...

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Rachel Ball @mrsball.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

71. I was delighted to get my hands on this! A book I really wish I'd had access to as a young history teacher. Extremely thorough and in-depth but I also loved the scenarios and practical lesson/scheme exemplars. Excellent read.

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Claire Fisher @clairegfisher.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

My team and I have signed up for this, looks terrific.

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Still time to sign up for this - free history teaching inspiration (we hope) to set you up before the summer break!

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Paula Lobo (Worth) @paulalobo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This will be excellent. @catherinepriggs.bsky.social and @egcarr.bsky.social together will be unmissable! Turn up the heat I say. 💥 ☀️ 💥

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Really excited to deliver this FREE session with @egcarr.bsky.social We’ll discuss the power of enquiry questions, including how they shape the analytic direction and purpose of a sequence of lessons, create a sense of intrigue & infuse lessons with energy! @counsellc.bsky.social

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Will Goodfellow @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Paula is a genius. Her chapters in #ChangingHistoriesKS3 sing. And thanks to her, my 4 year old son, Roo, wants to know more about 'the queen type lady' (Nur Jahan) and how she liked to ride elephants and hunt tigers. Thank you Paula for your amazing dedication to this project.

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Elizabeth Carr @egcarr.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Delighted to see @counsellc.bsky.social recognised with an OBE. Where would we be without her wisdom on history, curriculum, assessment? She has profoundly shaped me as a history teacher and curriculum leader. schoolsweek.co.uk/kings-birthd...

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King's birthday honours: Top gongs for northern trust CEOs

70 people with links to England's school system recognised

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Among the many horrific things I have heard recently - I just discovered that Oak National has an AI lesson planning tool. But my absolute favourite bits are that a) it gets stuff wrong b) it suggests hilariously bad tasks and c) it's literally no help unless you already know the history

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Catherine Priggs @catherinepriggs.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Over the moon to see @Counsell_C recognised on the #honourslist with an OBE. What she has done is nothing short of extraordinary: shaping education for all pupils, & improving life chances by championing access to ambitious curricula. So well deserved. 👏 shorturl.at/Yflt3

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King's birthday honours: Top gongs for northern trust CEOs

70 people with links to England's school system recognised

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

1. A story. Please read. Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit. I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.

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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I don't read many edu-books these days but this one was worth making an exception for. An excellent primer condensing lots of writing and discourse in the subject community. Strongly recommended, especially to History ITTs, teachers who didn't get much quality subject input in training and new HoDs.

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