We know that it’s not easy for teachers to access CPD: workload is high, budgets are tight and it can be difficult to get out of school. We know how essential subject-specific professional development is to you and that is why we have worked to provide a wide range of on-demand training in addition to our live termly programmes and webinars. Access some of the best subject-specific CPD around at a time and place that suits you.

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Available until		Series		Webinars		Focus
N/A		Teaching history as a non-specialist				Induction course for non-specialists teaching Key Stage 3 and GCSE history
N/A		Secondary history: A masterclass for senior leaders				Induction course for non-specialists line managing history departments
Weds 6 January 2027		Meaningful and useable assessment in the secondary history classroom		Session 1: Invisible assessment within an enquiry* Session 2: Assessing the historical parts Session 3: Assessing pupils’ answers to enquiry questions Session 4: Assessing the historical whole Session 5: A year in assessment Session 6: A history teacher’s 'markbook'		Subject issues and pedagogy
Weds 7 April 2027		Embracing messiness: teaching disciplinary thinking in history		Session 1: Embracing messiness: the case for returning to disciplinary thinking in history classrooms* Session 2: Keeping sources messy Session 3: Interpretations: complexity without confusions Session 4: Historical writing Session 5: Helping the past take shape with historical enquiry		Subject issues, curriculum thinking and pedagogy
Weds 7 April 2027		Mentoring beginning and early career history teachers in the secondary school		Session 1: Developing subject knowledge Session 2: Supporting planning Session 3: Observation and feedback Session 4: Navigating sensitive, emotive and controversial histories Session 5: 'Move Me On' skills practice*		Subject issues, pedagogy and mentoring
Mon 6 Sept 2027		Making history accessible		Session 1: Making history accessible: context and considerations* Session 2: Mastering the memory challenge: running successful interventions with students who are struggling to remember at GCSE Session 3: Teaching neurodivergent students to succeed at GCSE History and beyond Session 4: Showcasing history teaching and learning in special schools Session 5: Making history accessible: review and reflection		Subject issues, curriculum thinking and pedagogy
Thurs 6 Jan 2028		Direct history teaching		Session 1: Why teach history directly? Session 2: Teaching substantive knowledge directly Session 3: Teaching the whole class Session 4: Teaching disciplinary knowledge directly: interpretations Session 5: Teaching disciplinary knowledge directly: sources Session 6: Teaching language directly		Subject issues and pedagogy
Thurs 6 Jan 2028		Developing students’ historical thinking at A-level		Session 1: Building different types of historical knowledge Session 2: Responding to historical questions and engaging in extended writing Session 3: Engaging with interpretations Session 4: Engaging with evidence		Subject issues and pedagogy
Tuesday 18 April 2028		Teaching history in the age of AI		Session 1: Teaching history with AI: an introduction Session 2: beyond the gimmicks: leveraging AI to support history teaching  Session 3: AI and its potential role in supporting the planning of history lessions Session 4: When pupils use AI: navigating the calm and difficult waters Session 5: Why history in the future: the centrality of historical thinking in the post-AI world		Subject issues, curriculum thinking and pedagogy
Sunday 30 April 2028		Making GCSE history accessible: supporting all learners at Key Stage 4		Session 1: Literacy for historical thinking: supporting reading and writing at GCSE history  Session 2: Making it stick: enhancing memory retention for pupils with SEND in GCSE history  Session 3: Supporting the whole pupil: building confidence and inclusion in GCSE history		Subject issues, curriculum thinking and pedagogy

* Webinars marked with an asterisk are free for HA members    

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