"The training was so insightful and I implemented it in our school... We were praised during our Ofsted deep dive with regard to many of the suggestions you had provided to us."

"Everything on this course is relevant and do-able."

"I thoroughly enjoyed every minute and left feeling enthusiastic and ready to tackle the challenge of improving my school's history coverage."

About this course

This online course covers the key elements of primary history subject leadership, enabling all involved in history leadership at primary to carry out their role effectively.

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who is a subject coordinator or subject leader for history in their school. You may be new to the role, or more established but would like to have some formal training to carry out the role more effectively, particularly in light of the focus on subject in the Ofsted education inspection framework.

Learning outcomes

This course will enable you to:

• feel confident in developing an innovative, inclusive and effective history curriculum in your school
• develop an understanding of efficient action planning and how to make a wider impact
• make the case for history with senior leaders
• enthuse others and lead staff meetings about history
• understand current issues in primary history education

The course will include a chance to share resources and assessment approaches, plus much more.

Course leader

This course is led by Chris Trevor, a primary education consultant with many years' experience of teaching every year in the primary age range, and as Cheshire County Council Advisor for History, Geography and Creative Cross-Curricular Learning. She also presents the course Practical approaches to teaching primary history. 

How to book

Available dates

In the spring term, a modified version of this course will be piloted taking place over multiple weeks. To register your interest and for any enquiries, please contact events@history.org.uk. 

All Historical Association events are subject to the HA CPD terms and conditions.