Andrew Wrenn is a freelance History Education consultant. He is also a Teacher Fellow and recent trustee of the Historical Association, a UK subject organisation which promotes the teaching of history cross-phrase. Andrew is a national assessor for the Historical Association's Quality Mark Award for the teaching of history in primary and secondary schools. He is a former LA advisor for history and humanities and is an experienced teacher, trainer and writer. Andrew has had educational materials and articles published by the Historical Association, the BBC, Pearson, HarperCollins and the Oxford and Cambridge University Presses. He steered the Historical Association's KS2/3 History Transition Project and co-authored a government-sponsored HA report on Teaching Emotive and Controversial History 3-19. Andrew is a regular contributor to national UK history conferences and has also led CPD internationally in Paris, the Baltic States, Oman and Nigeria. He wrote an upper KS2 World History curriculum for teaching in Kazakh schools and his materials are in use in schools as far afield as Australia and Pakistan as well as in the UK.
See more from Andrew WrennPrimary History: Ofsted’s Subject Report on the Quality of Education
This webinar will provide you with expert insight into Ofsted’s history subject report on the quality of history teaching in schools in England, based on findings from routine inspections. The document provides recommendations for high-quality history provision, and complements our webinar on Ofsted’s research review series: history.
For: Leaders, teachers, teaching assistants
Aim: This webinar will provide you with expert insight into Ofsted’s history subject report on the quality of history teaching in schools in England, based on findings from routine inspections. The document provides recommendations for high-quality history provision, and complements our webinar on Ofsted’s research review series: history.
Why this webinar’s important: On 13 July 2023, the DfE published ‘Rich encounters with the past: history subject report’, which evaluates the common strengths and weaknesses in the schools inspected, and considers the challenges that history education faces. The document explains that the study of history is “complex and constantly evolving through new approaches, new lenses and new evidence”.