"CPD from the Historical Association is always high quality and provides expert guidance and support." Primary teachers are expected to be experts in everything. At the HA we know how essential subject-specific CPD can be to support you. That’s why we offer a year-round programme of history training that supports...

Upcoming dates Book Now Autumn term: 7 December 2026, 9.30am-5pm (online) What does the course cover? Discover what makes quality teaching of history by exploring how to ensure coverage of the National Curriculum through practical creative methods, which will engage children in interactive methods which can be adopted and adapted for different...

Upcoming dates Book Now Autumn term: 9 October 2026, 9.30am–2pm (online) What does the course cover? Do you struggle to engage your lower attaining or EAL pupils in their history lessons? Are you finding it difficult to ensure and demonstrate progression in history with these pupils? This full day course will give...

This informal webinar will provide an introduction to the Chartered Teacher of History scheme, including the process, the framework and assessment and a chance to ask questions about the programme.

This informal webinar will provide an introduction to the Historical Association Quality Mark including the process, the framework and assessment and a chance to ask questions about the programme.

This webinar will be presented by Dr Wendy Toon, Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Worcester. The webinar will focus on her recent research on women in the GI Movement against the Vietnam War. Her prior related projects include a conference and public exhibition focusing on ‘Pro-...

· How to set a scene without rushing to the punchline · How to teach new vocabulary through story without overloading pupils · How to build in the effective use of pace, volume, gestures and heralding what will eventually happen · How to overcome the fear of ‘clock-watching’ in a...

This session will focus on designing a coherent two-year cycle KS1 history curriculum and planning and teaching mixed phase EYFS/KS1 class.  We will be joined by Rachel Bruce (Yorkshire) who will share her school planning for a two-year cycle history curriculum and Sandra Kirkland (Northamptonshire) who will share how she...

This session will focus on KS2 and principles for adapting a history programme of study for mixed age classes. It will explore how to ensure sequencing is as optimal as possible over a two-year cycle. Take away examples from small rural schools in Cambridgeshire and Devon which teach a knowledge-rich...

The Mughal Empire dominated India’s political landscape for the better part of two centuries (1526–1707). At its height, the empire included 150 million subjects and stretched across most of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing 3.2 million kilometers (including parts of modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan). The Mughals had a wide...

This webinar covers the sometimes hidden and controversial history of how the RAF recruited and treated its black service personnel, particularly those from the British Caribbean, between 1918 and 1945. Set against the backdrop of world war, imperial decline and racism it will show how their chequered experience paved the...

This webinar covers the sometimes hidden and controversial history of how the RAF has recruited and treated its black service personnel over time, particularly those from the British Caribbean, from 1945 onwards. Weaving in the until now untold record of different black RAF veterans from the West Midlands, it will...

· What do we mean by story and when does information become narrative? · Why is story ‘psychologically privileged’? · Why is a heightened state of attention so important for knowledge building?

· Looking for opportunities to embed knowledge through story · Story in history is both the thing studied and the way in which history and archaeology establish claims – using examples from David Olusoga and Mary Beard · How are KS2 and KS2 similar and different when it comes to...

This webinar will begin by discussing the continued relevance of sharing the stories of those who died in both world wars with young people. It will then move on to exploring the exciting range of resources that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have to offer schools that enable them to...

This webinar will explore the Red Power Movement, which formed part of the protest culture of the 1960s and 1970s. In particular the webinar will look at the American Indian Movement, a grassroots Indigenous civil rights group which staged several large scale protests against the oppression of Indigenous people in...

This webinar explores themes around the causes of migration over time and look at practical outcomes in the classroom. It focuses on migration over time in London from the Saxons to the Windrush, through sources and stories, though the themes and ideas used are relevant to schools beyond London. Topics...

Webinar series: Creating curriculum pathways through primary history at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 This webinar was recorded as part of our webinar series exploring the teaching of substantive concepts in primary history. The National Curriculum for history requires pupils to gain understanding about abstract concepts of substantive...

This webinar was presented by Richard Rieser, who is a campaigner and champion for disability rights and the coordinator of UK Disability History Month. His presentation is part of our ongoing work to explore disability history and the arguments and representations of it and ensure that people from disability groups...

Webinar series: Teaching British history that extends chronological knowledge beyond 1066 How and why has warfare changed from the Battle of Hastings in 1066, fought with armed with swords and shields, to the weapons of mass destruction of today? This webinar with Andrew Wrenn considers significant turning points such as...