There is much in the Curriculum and Assessment Review which the Historical Association welcomes. However, we are concerned about possible unintentional consequences that could affect young people’s access to good quality history. We welcome the commitment to a broad and balanced education up to the age of 16 including arts,...

When the generation of men and women first adopted the wearing of a poppy in the aftermath of the First World War they were doing so for many reasons. For some veterans the poppy had been a symbol of new life on the battlefield, while the inclusion of a pressed...

From royal courts to radical protests, from industrial revolutions to global empires – this compelling new film series traces the dramatic evolution of power, rights, and freedom across three centuries of British and Irish history. We will trace Britain and Ireland’s transformation from 1714 to 2010, unpacking power struggles, social revolutions, and...

Entries to this year's awards have now closed. National and regional winners will be announced on Wednesday 25 March 2026. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday 20 June 2026 at the Tower of London, where the overall winner will be announced.   Historic Royal Palaces’ launched the inaugural Inspiring History...

New: Multi Academy Trust History Leads Network The HA is teaming up with a group of history leads across different Multi Academy Trusts to re-ignite a network group dedicated to those leading history across a trust. The network will meet 3 times per year, twice online and once in-person, and meetings will...

Congratulations to the team behind the new report The Great History Heist: Reclaiming Women’s Place in the History Curriculum. The publication of some of the outcomes from the report in The Guardian has brought to public attention the important evidence that despite being at least 50% of the population, women are...

Standing on the shoulders of giants  We're proud to announce the publication of the 200th edition of Teaching History, the UK’s leading journal for secondary history educators. This landmark issue marks over five decades of thought leadership, innovation, and community-building in history education. Over the last 50 years, Teaching History has...

Welcome to this packed autumn edition of HA News. Alexandra Walsham unpacks the challenges, dilemmas and opportunities of AI in her President's Letter; and Abdul Mohamud lets us in on what got him into history. We have reports on this year's awards evening and our annual conference, along with competition updates and winners. We also remember much-missed...

Just in time for the Bayeaux Tapestry (actually an embroidery) to come to the UK while its usual home in the Normandy city of Bayeaux is modernised, a new historical drama centred around the events of 1066 comes to our screens. 1066 – one of those historical dates that everyone...