Pupils in primary and secondary schools across England lack an overview of world history and have little sense of chronology, Ofsted inspectors warn.
The watchdog said the curriculum was too Englandfocused, ignoring the rest of the UK and Europe.
They also complained that after the age of 13, only one in three children studies history at all.
Ministers and Ofsted say a new secondary curriculum from 2008 will address many of the points raised.
The watchdog based its findings on inspections carried out between 2003 and 2007.
It said the biggest issue for school history was its "limited place" in the curriculum and that history in primaries had been neglected in recent years with the focus on literacy and numeracy.
"History, along with some other subjects, has been relatively neglected in primary schools in recent years as schools have focused on literacy and numeracy," the report said.
"In Key Stage 4, only just over 30% of pupils study history and fewer still post-16."
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