Courses
What school history courses ask for, topic by topic, and how much of it this site covers so far. We count honestly: most of the past is still to write.
- Covered: a subject that fits
- Started: some lessons
- Not yet
Primary: Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11)
Topics in the national curriculum’s own words, sometimes shortened.1
StartedFarming and the New Stone Age
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
An overview, one site for each age, from a cave jaw 42,000 years old to an Iron Age hillfort. Chapters for each age are still to come.
CoveredThe classical world
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
Six lessons, with Julius Caesar, Claudius, Boudica and Hadrian’s Wall, which the curriculum names.
StartedAfter the empires
Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots
The Anglo-Saxons are covered in two chapters. The Scots are not yet.
StartedAfter the empires
The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor
One chapter, up to the first raid in 793.
Started
A local history study
If you live near one of our places, its page and sources are a start.
Not yet
A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066
CoveredFirst cities and the Bronze Age
The achievements of the earliest civilizations: an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared
Where and when writing began, in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Central America.
StartedFirst cities and the Bronze Age
A depth study of one of: Ancient Sumer, the Indus Valley, Ancient Egypt, the Shang Dynasty of Ancient China
Ancient Egypt and the Shang are covered. Sumer and the Indus Valley are not yet.
Not yetThe classical world
Ancient Greece: a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world
Not yetAfter the empires
A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history: early Islamic civilization, including Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan civilization c. AD 900; or Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900 to 1300
All three are on our list.
Secondary: Key Stage 3 (ages 11 to 14)
Topics in the national curriculum’s own words, sometimes shortened.1
Not yetMedieval networks and empires
The development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066 to 1509
Not yetOceans crossed
The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509 to 1745
Not yetRevolutions and the first factories
Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745 to 1901
Not yetIndustry, empire and world war
Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day
Covered
A study of an aspect or theme in British history from before 1066
Either subject works as this study.
GCSE
CoveredThe classical world
OCR GCSE Ancient History (J198): Britannia, from conquest to province, AD 43 to c.84
The invasion, Boudica and the new towns match. Other GCSE history courses are not matched yet.
A level
CoveredThe classical world
OCR A Level Ancient History (H407): Ruling Roman Britain, AD 43 to c.128
Five of the six lessons match, with the Vindolanda letters. Other A level courses are not matched yet.
We are not an exam board. Check the details against your own course and your teacher. On each subject’s page you can choose your course, and the lessons that fit it are marked.
Sources for this page
Every number on this page comes from one of these. How we check.
Last reviewed 12 November 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
- Department for Education (2013). National curriculum in England: history programmes of study, Key Stages 1 to 3. www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-history-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-history-programmes-of-studyUsed for: The Key Stage 2 and 3 topics in the courses tracker, in the curriculum’s own words. Checked 12 November 2026.