CYP Now - How history education inspires local pride in pupils

Historic England programme helps children gain a deeper understanding of their local heritage while improving writing skills and boosting mental health.

A place-based approach to learning helps children feel pride in their surroundings

PROJECT

Heritage Schools Programme

PURPOSE

To support schools in areas of low social mobility to teach local history and give children a sense of pride about where they live

FUNDING

The Department for Education has funded the programme since 2012. Since 2015 it has provided £817,000 each year

BACKGROUND

Historic England is a government-funded public body responsible for historic places. It launched the Heritage Schools programme in 2012 following an independent review of cultural education in England, commissioned by the then Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Historic England's head of communities, learning, inclusion and volunteering Sandra Stancliffe devised the programme to address concerns that school education was failing to help children gain a sense of place within their local communities.

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