MAT membership – strengthening history across your trust

Save up to 20% when your schools join together

We know that budgets are stretched and that accessing high‑quality, subject‑specific CPD and guidance can be challenging. We’re here to make it easier.

If your schools are part of a Multi‑Academy Trust, federation, or soft federation of local authority schools, you can make significant savings on HA membership – while ensuring every history teacher across your organisation gets the expert support they need.

Exclusive discounts for trusts and federations

  • 5+ schools: All schools receive a 5% discount
  • 10+ schools: All schools receive a 10% discount
  • 20+ schools: All schools receive a 20% discount

This is a cost‑effective way to invest in your teaching staff, strengthen your curriculum, and deliver excellent history education across your Trust.

Trust membership also includes a free online introductory session with a member of our team, the content of which we can tailor to your needs.

My vision as History Lead for the Trust was to ensure that all pupils have access to a secondary history education that matches the very best in the country. Ensuring that every history teacher could connect with the wider subject community through the HA was really important to me. Having all of us as HA members showed our teachers that, while we are part of a Trust community, we are also part of a history community — with a body of work, a body of literature, and a body of CPD that we should all be drawing on. The HA has always inspired me and given me purpose in my teaching, and now many other teachers across the Trust can experience the same. Jonathan Grande, Ark History Network Lead

What MAT Membership delivers:

Equal access for every teacher 

  • Trust membership guarantees that history teachers across your schools have access to the same high-quality resources, CPD, and professional community.  

Subject-specific excellence 

  • Go beyond generic CPD by connecting teachers to a national history teaching community, offering history-specific solutions, research, and best practice.  

Collaboration and community 

  • Fosters trust-wide subject networks and dialogue beyond individual schools, creating a culture of shared learning and inspiration.  

Comprehensive and flexible support 

  • Includes articles, podcasts, conferences, online CPD, Quality Mark, and curriculum research – available anytime.  

Professional growth and retention 

  • Builds confidence, reduces turnover, and inspires teachers at every stage of their career, from new leaders to experienced heads of department.  

Strategic investment 

  • Proven to raise standards and deliver curriculum excellence for all pupils; a cost-effective way to invest in your people.  

Trusted partnership 

  • HA membership is reliable, research-driven, and highly valued by educators nationwide – supporting both teachers and trust leaders.  

Inspiration and purpose 

  • Membership provides a source of energy and ideas, helping teachers feel connected, motivated, and part of a wider professional movement. 

You can explore more about membership via our primary and secondary trailers or through our membership pages.

Interested in joining as a trust or federation?

If you’d like to discuss a group membership, we’d be happy to help. Submit your details in the form below, or contact our Membership Manager Emily Randall on emily.randall@history.org.uk.