Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England

By Natasha R. Hodgson, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, Nottingham Trent University

Women are largely absent from the questions, sources, and mark schemes that shape how history is taught and assessed in schools in England.

You only have to take a look recent exam papers to see the problem. For example, when my colleague Catherine Gower and I surveyed 219 GCSE, AS and A-level history papers issued in the summer of 2023, we found only 6% of 991 exam questions directed students to discuss women (37% directed students to discuss men).

A report…

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