The Department of Education has invested £1.6 million into Historic England’s Heritage Schools Programme, meaning the scheme will be able to continue for another two years.
Heritage Schools has already enabled half a million children to take part in range of exciting projects and activities including creating local heritage films, community exhibitions and some have even campaigned to have their local war memorial included on the National Heritage List for England.
Since the scheme began in 2012, Historic England has supported over 600 schools by providing training to 3000 teachers and reaching over 500,000 schoolchildren across the UK.
They have worked with a wide range of local heritage services such as museums, galleries, libraries and archives to create local heritage resources that teachers can use in the classroom. The program supports teachers in learning about the heritage of the area of their school, so they can embed it into the curriculum and make local links in their teaching.
