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When he realised that the traditional ways of checking pupils’ understanding in Years 7-9 were producing meaningless data, head of history Samuel Atkinson-Sporle started from scratch with a ‘building blocks’ approach, which has led to better progress tracking and targeted lessons

What’s the problem with the question, ‘Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?’ We ask Samuel Atkinson-Sporle about his department’s effort to improve on a lopsided account of history