Member of staff responsible – Mr Rolison



At All Souls we aim to make History exciting and relevant to the children we teach.


Through the History curriculum we equip children with the skills to question sources and look for the most accurate pieces of information they can find. We aim to enable children to build their own understanding of the historical and modern world around them through query, research and deeper thinking.


Key Stage One

Pupils should develop an awareness of the past, using words and phrases they understand to describe the passing of time. They should know how to fit the people and events they study into a chronological framework and identify similarities and differences between different periods of history.

They should ask and answer questions, choosing key parts of stories or other sources to show their understanding of events. Pupils should understand some of the ways we find out about the past and how it is represented.


Pupils should be taught about:

-changes within living memory

-events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally


-significant historical events, people and places in their own locality


Key Stage Two



Pupils should be taught about:

-changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age

-the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain

-Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

the Confessor

-a local history study

knowledge beyond 1066

-the achievements of the earliest civilizations

-Ancient Greece

-a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history