The series consists of 4 webinars. We strongly recommend watching live on the dates below with the opportunity available to ask questions of the schools represented. Recordings will also be made available to booked delegates until the end of the term.

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban white working-class setting
Tuesday 9 June, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Alastair Storey (Ryhope Junior School)

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban EAL-majority setting
Tuesday 16 June, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Brian Williams (Stimpson Avenue Academy)

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban Muslim majority setting
Thursday 25 June, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Ryan Johnson (Endeavour Primary Academy)

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban setting with high levels of deprivation
Tuesday 7 July, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Hayley Cheeseman (The Grove Primary School)

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban white working-class setting
Tuesday 9 June, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Alastair Storey (Ryhope Junior School)

This practical webinar will showcase how the history curriculum at Ryhope Junior School has been carefully shaped to mirror its locality's post-industrial identity while also offering its pupils a window on diverse histories beyond their own community. It will also show how innovative use of technology has enabled the successful adaption of resources to make knowledge accessible to the full ability range. Ryhope Junior School was awarded the Historical Association Quality Mark for primary history in 2024. It serves a largely white working-class area on the outskirts of Sunderland in Northeast England with high levels of deprivation. There will be an opportunity to pose questions to Alastair Storey, the school’s history subject leader.

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban EAL-majority setting
Tuesday 16 June, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Brian Williams (Stimpson Avenue Academy)

This practical webinar will showcase how the history curriculum at Stimpson Avenue Academy has been carefully shaped to Northampton's rich industrial heritage while also offering its pupils a window on diverse histories beyond their own community (including through the study of one of Britain’s first black footballers, local hero Walter Tull). The webinar will also demonstrate how the school successfully adapts its approaches so that subject knowledge is equally accessible to the 72% of its pupils who are EAL learners. Stimpson Avenue Academy was awarded the Historical Association Quality Mark for primary history in 2025. There will be an opportunity to pose questions to the school's subject leader, Brian Williams.

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban Muslim majority setting
Thursday 25 June, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Ryan Johnson (Endeavour Primary Academy)

This practical webinar will showcase how the primary history curriculum at Endeavour Primary Academy has been carefully shaped to mirror its locality’s Muslim majority (and diverse) setting in a deprived area of a busy town, for example through the inclusion of migration as a curricular theme and by opting to study Islamic Civilisations at Key Stage 2. It will also show how Endeavour’s curriculum offers pupils a window on diverse histories beyond the school, for example by focusing on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month, and will demonstrate how it adapts materials and approaches so that all pupils can access the historical knowledge taught. Endeavour Primary Academy renewed its Quality Mark award last year. There will be an opportunity to pose questions to Ryan Johnson, the school’s history subject leader.

Teaching an inclusive primary history curriculum in an urban setting with high levels of deprivation
Tuesday 7 July, 4pm–5pm
Presenters: Andrew Wrenn and Hayley Cheeseman (The Grove Primary School)

This practical webinar will showcase how the history curriculum at the Grove Primary School has been carefully shaped to incorporate diverse aspects of history which also dovetail with rich local stories such as those on the impact and legacy of the suffragettes. It will also show how the history curriculum offers pupils a window on other diverse histories beyond their own community while making knowledge accessible to the full ability range in an area of high deprivation. The Grove Primary School was awarded the Historical Association Quality Mark for primary history in 2025. It serves a deprived area in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray. There will be an opportunity to pose questions to the school’s headteacher, Hayley Cheeseman.

The course is aimed at history subject leaders and teachers in primary schools. It will focus on teaching at Key Stages 1 and 2.

This webinar series will enable you to:

• • Understand how different schools adapt curricula, materials and approaches to support the inclusion of all pupils in accessing the same knowledge as best practice in primary history.
• • Understand how the primary history curriculum of different schools effectively meet the needs of their local settings and the backgrounds of the pupils who attend them.
• • Build a schema of examples of inclusive practices to support curriculum development and teaching.

Andrew Wrenn, FHA is leading the series. He is a Teacher Fellow of the Historical Association and an assessor for the HA Quality Mark for primary history. He is an experienced teacher, trainer, author and former local authority adviser, contributing regularly to CPD offered by the Historical Association online and at the annual conference. Andrew also contributes to HA publications, including Primary History articles. He offers training for Historic England and the National College as well as to regional hubs and trusts.

Meet our CPD presenters

Session 1: Alastair Storey is the Deputy Headteacher and SENDCo at Ryhope Junior School in Sunderland, where he leads on curriculum development and whole-school improvement. In his first two years in post, Alastair successfully led significant curriculum change, achieving the History Quality Mark (Gold) and Geography Quality Mark (Silver). He is passionate about designing and sustaining an inclusive, diverse curriculum that provides meaningful opportunities for all pupils and enables them to achieve their full potential.

Session 2: Brian Williams is an experienced primary teacher and history graduate who has led the subject at Stimpson Avenue Academy for four years. He has also taken a lead in preparing Year 4 and 6 history schemes of work for use across all his trust’s schools. Brian is a guest lecturer at the University of Northampton on primary history subject leadership and participated in cross-university research on Year 3 and Year 6 perspectives on the subject.

Session 3: Ryan Johnson has been primary history subject lead since 2015 and is responsible for all aspects of Endeavour Academy’s bespoke curriculum. He is now the joint history lead across his trust’s 32 schools, delivering CPD regularly to other subject leaders. Ryan also values his school’s links with Historic England’s Heritage Schools programme which has influenced his development of local history. He is also responsible for embedding approaches and strategies from Voice 21 in Primary History which is making a valuable contribution to oracy across the school.

Session 4: Hayley Cheeseman is the experienced headteacher of the Grove Primary School. She has worked with successive primary history subject leads to shape a knowledge-rich curriculum that meets the needs of a deprived area, ensuring that the subject is enriched effectively with many additional resources and experiences. The history curriculum has also benefited from close linkage to British Values. The school has been visited by other history leaders in the trust and as well as overseeing the award of the Primary History Quality Mark, Hayley’s school has also received national recognition for its work in Primary Science.

All prices are listed inclusive of VAT.  Any webinar booked individually on Cademy will incur an additional fee.

To access the member price please provide your membership number when prompted. You must have a valid membership at the time of booking and attending. All webinars in this series are eligible for the corporate member free offer. 

The webinars will take place online over Zoom. While we strongly recommend participating live, if you are unable to attend for any reason a recording link will be made available. This will be emailed to all registered participants to access for a limited period until the end of the term.

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If you have missed a session, a recording can be accessed using the form. You will be emailed an invoice for the cost of the recording(s) and a time-limited link to access the webinar recording on Zoom.