Your Primary CPD calendar Spring 2025
We know that it's not easy for teachers to get out of school or have budgets to afford a plentiful supply of CPD. We know how essential your CPD is to you and that is why we have worked to provide a wide range of face to face, online learning and webinar-based CPD to suit all budgets. It doesn’t matter where you are or what your budget is; you and your colleagues can benefit from some of the best subject-specific CPD around, especially if you are members of the HA. As a member you'll gain preferential rates to all our CPD and benefit from a number of exclusive free member sessions each year. In addition, corporate members also have the opportunity to benefit from access to one free paid recording per year.
Please note that all live webinars and meetings will take place from 4–5pm unless stated otherwise. All our live webinars are recorded and the recording link will be made available to all registered delegates.
Primary CPD webinars at a glance – Spring 2025
* Webinars marked with an asterisk are free to HA members but must be booked in advance.
** Webinars marked with a double asterisk are available for HA corporate members to book a free recording but must be booked in advance using your offer code. For more information see the guidance below and the terms and conditions.
Date/time |
Title |
Series |
Format |
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10 Jan | Early bird booking opens for HA Conference 2025 | |||||
13 Jan | Devising and using rigorous historical enquiry questions to lead learning in primary history* | History and literacy: better together | - Live webinar Subject issues, curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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14 Jan 7.30–9pm |
The Fall: last days of the English Republic* | Virtual Branch | - Live webinar - Subject knowledge |
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15 Jan | Making sense of curriculum frameworks in EYFS | Teaching ‘past and present’ in EYFS | - Live webinar - Curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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16 Jan | An introduction to HA Chartered Teacher* | - Live webinar - Member support |
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20 Jan | When the present informs the past: Researching the history of migration and refugees in Europe* | Subject knowledge webinars | - Live webinar - Subject knowledge |
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21 Jan 5–6pm |
Much Ado About Numbers – the bumpy transition from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals in Shakespeare’s England* | The history that Shakespeare gave us | - Live webinar - Subject knowledge |
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22 Jan 4–5.30pm |
Session 1: Introductory meeting | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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27 Jan 4–5.30pm |
Session 2: What makes an effective history subject leader? | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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28 Jan | Effective pedagogy for EYFS | Teaching ‘past and present’ in EYFS | - Live webinar - Curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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29 Jan | Making the most effective use of core literacy texts chosen on a history theme | History and literacy: better together | - Live webinar Subject issues, curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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30 Jan | An introduction to the HA Quality Mark* | - Live webinar - Member support |
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6 Feb | Using stories and storytelling in the primary history classroom | History and literacy: better together | - Live webinar Subject issues, curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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12 Feb | Curriculum coherence and transition to Key Stage 1 | Teaching ‘past and present’ in EYFS | - Live webinar - Curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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19 Feb 4–5.30pm |
Session 3: What makes effective teaching of history? | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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20 Feb | Using the work of historians in the primary history classroom | History and literacy: better together | - Live webinar Subject issues, curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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25 Feb | Ottoman trade with Europe in the early modern era* | Subject knowledge webinars | - Live webinar - Subject knowledge |
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25 Feb 4–5.30pm |
Session 4: Curriculum and practice at EYFS | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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26 Feb 10am–4pm |
Online course: Getting to grips with primary history | Getting to grips with primary history | - Live online course - Pedagogy |
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27 Feb 7.30–9pm |
Locating and mapping the Jews of medieval Lincoln* | Virtual Branch | - Live webinar - Subject knowledge |
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3 March 4–5.30pm |
Session 5: Curriculum and practice at Key Stage 1 | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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5 March | Helping pupils articulate their understanding of history through speaking and listening | History and literacy: better together | - Live webinar Subject issues, curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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10 March | Making the most of your primary membership* | - Live webinar - Member support |
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11 March 4–5.30pm |
Session 6: Curriculum and practice at Key Stage 2 | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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14 March 9.30am–3pm |
Supporting SEND pupils in your primary history lessons | Supporting SEND pupils in your primary history lessons | ||||
18 March 4–5.30pm |
Session 7: Approaching sensitive issues in history | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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18 March 7.30–9pm |
Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: life for women in the medieval period* | Virtual Branch | - Live webinar - Subject knowledge |
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19 March | Sickness, death and the 19th-century British Post Office* | Subject knowledge webinars | - Live webinar - Subject knowledge |
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20 March | Developing formative and extended writing in primary history | History and literacy: better together | - Live webinar Subject issues, curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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20 March | Early bird booking closes for HA Conference 2025 | |||||
25 March 4–5.30pm |
Session 8: Interim review meeting | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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2 April | Developing visual literacy in the primary history classroom | History and literacy: better together | - Live webinar Subject issues, curriculum thinking & pedagogy |
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30 April 4–5.30pm |
Session 9: Assessment and evidence | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
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9–10 May | HA Conference 2025, Liverpool | |||||
14 May 4–5.30pm |
Session 10: Final meeting | Becoming an effective primary history subject leader | - Live online course - Subject leadership |
- Download a printable version of the CPD calendar (PDF)
- See our web calendar of CPD events currently available to book (includes Secondary)
Booking, terms and conditions
Please ensure that you book at least one week before an event in order to secure your place.
We encourage live participation, as far as possible, in all our CPD in order to interact with the presenter(s).
Most online events are recorded except for teachmeets, or unless specified otherwise, but must be booked in advance. Recordings are made available for a limited period to registered delegates. Recordings cannot be booked after a live event has taken place unless this is done as part of a bulk booking for a webinar series. Recorded and on-demand webinars are only available to book and access for a limited time period. Access will expire after the specified date on each webinar page.
All Historical Association events are subject to the HA CPD terms and conditions.
For any enquiries please contact events@history.org.uk.
Attached files:
- HA printable CPD Calendar - Primary, Spring 2025
244.6 KB PDF document