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Find out more about Corporate Primary Membership
Supporting high quality history
Watch the film above for an overview of corporate membership benefits.
Corporate membership supports quality history provision across your school. .It's the ideal option if you'd like multiple staff to benefit from resources and CPD, while enjoying enhanced benefits such as subject leader guides and selected free webinars for just £87 inluding VAT.
Enjoy all the benefits of individual...
Find out more about Corporate Primary Membership
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Exclusive webinar offer with corporate membership
Built-in CPD for school members
We work hard to develop our offer in response to teachers' changing needs and recent months have seen several developments to our CPD provision. In our membership surveys you told us that you wanted more built-in free CPD for members, in 2021 we introduced a new corporate webinar offer which allows corporate school members...
Exclusive webinar offer with corporate membership
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20th anniversary of 9/11 – a personal reflection
1st September 2021
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing as the news began to reach me about there being a terrorist attack in the United States. It didn’t seem real and if I hadn’t been working in Westminster where these things are taken very seriously, I might not...
20th anniversary of 9/11 – a personal reflection
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The Historical Association Response to the Initial Teacher Training Market Review Consultation
26th August 2021
On 5 July 2021 the government launched a consultation into proposals for reform of initial teacher training in England following a review of the market. The recommendations are part of wider reforms to initial teacher training.
The proposals outlined in the consultation included the extension of courses to allow for...
The Historical Association Response to the Initial Teacher Training Market Review Consultation
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Making the most of your secondary membership
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Making the most of your HA membership
HA membership offers much more than just your subscription to Teaching History. As a member you can enjoy a holistic package of benefits and resources designed to support you, whatever challenge you may face. With the vast array of support available it can...
Making the most of your secondary membership
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Ofqual: Quality assurance for GCSE, AS and A level
27th April 2021
With exams cancelled, summer 2021 grades will be determined by schools and colleges. Every year, there is teacher assessment in subjects with non-exam assessment and schools and colleges will be familiar with moderation arrangements. This summer, with exams cancelled, the context is very different, so the quality assurance (QA) process...
Ofqual: Quality assurance for GCSE, AS and A level
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Higher Education Committee biographies
HA Committees
Read the Higher Education Committee's remit
Find out more about the HA's committees
Katharine Burn
Katharine Burn is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Oxford, where she teaches on the PGCE History programme and on a range of part-time Masters courses for practising teachers. She is co-editor of the HA’s professional...
Higher Education Committee biographies
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A milestone for HA membership
19th March 2021
We're delighted to share the incredible news that as of end February 2021 the HA has over 10,000 members. That figure includes both individual and school or organisational members covering multiple members of staff, and means that really many thousands more teachers, students and general history lovers are now members...
A milestone for HA membership
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Virtual Branch Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin
Virtual Branch
Between 26 February and 2 March you can watch Jonathan Phillips’s 2020 HA Virtual Conference keynote talk on The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin. Phillips’s talk reveals how a man initially branded as ‘the son of Satan’ became so esteemed in Europe and, through extensive new research, we will follow how...
Virtual Branch Film: The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin
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Making the most of your primary membership
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Making the most of your HA membership
HA membership offers much more than just your subscription to Primary History. As a member you can enjoy a wholistic package of benefits and resources designed to support you, whatever challenge you may face. With the vast array of support available it can...
Making the most of your primary membership
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Equality, representation and the census with Professor David Olusoga
Let's Count! Office for National Statistics and iChild's education resource programme
To support Census 2021, Office for National Statistics, together with education resource centre, iChild, have developed the free primary education resource programme Let’s Count! The programme includes 14 cross-curricular resources covering key areas of the English and Welsh primary curriculum. Let’s Count! has achieved accreditation from MEI, NATE and the Geographical Association....
Equality, representation and the census with Professor David Olusoga
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Subject Leader Development Programme (SLDP)
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Book now
Spring 2026 Cohort
- Closed for booking
Summer 2026 Cohort
- Welcome meeting: Thursday 30 April, 4pm-5pm- Second meeting: Thursday 4 June, 4pm-5pm- Assessment meeting: Thursday 9 July, 4pm-5pm
If you have any questions please email Olivia at events@history.org.uk
What is the Subject Leader Development Programme?
The Subject Leader...
Subject Leader Development Programme (SLDP)
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Develop your whole school history provision
New and improved features
Corporate membership offers a comprehensive package of support. It delivers all the benefits of individual membership plus an enhanced tier of resources and CPD access to boost the development of your teaching staff and delivery of your whole school history provision.
Enhanced benefits include:
Exclusive access to guides in the...
Develop your whole school history provision
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Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction
Reference guide
This resource is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today
Please note: this guide was written before the new National Curriculum...
Teaching the Ancient Greeks: an introduction
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Take a fresh look at corporate membership
New and improved features
Share the benefits with your colleagues and students
If you’re looking for wider support for your whole school history provision, then it might be time to consider corporate membership. Corporate membership offers a comprehensive package of support. It delivers all the benefits of individual membership plus an enhanced tier of resource and CPD access to boost the development...
Take a fresh look at corporate membership
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70 years of the Isle of Wight Branch
1st July 2020
In June 2020 the HA Isle of Wight branch celebrated its 70th birthday. Here, Honorary Secretary of the branch Terry Blunden looks back at the history and development of the branch since 1950.
Although the Historical Association was formed in 1906 sixteen years elapsed before a branch was established on...
70 years of the Isle of Wight Branch
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Immerse yourself in history
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Historical Association membership is an enjoyable way to learn and expand your history knowledge, take part in local and national events, gain access to expertise and meet others with a similar interest in history.
Membership includes a subscription to our quarterly magazine The Historian delivered directly to your door and access to the...
Immerse yourself in history
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Branch History
Branch History
History of the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Branch of the Historical AssociationThe Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole branch of the HA was founded in December 1922 and has been in existence ever since. Its history can be followed in the annual reports sent to HQ, in the complete set of committee...
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Branch History
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Choosing History
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Just as history has made our world what it is, history can also be a key part of your future. Learn how studying history informs the present and gives you the skills you need to prepare for the future.
Apart from being very interesting, history is useful for a host of...
Choosing History
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Contact your branch
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Bath
Mr M Short
01225 812 945
mikeshort20@btinternet.com
Beckenham & Bromley
Mrs A Wagstaff
020 8777 7742
BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net
Bolton
Ms Melissa Wright
07912 369060
MWright@boltonschool.org
Bournemouth
Dr R Hill
0300 100 0223
suzannah.stern@history.org.uk
Bristol
Ms M Feerick
0117 9442896
maryfeerick58@gmail.com
Buckinghamshire
Terry Bloxham
01296 708926
secretarybucksha@gmail.com
Cambridge
Dr Sean Lang...
Contact your branch
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Historical Association Annual Conference - Terms & Conditions
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Please read these terms and conditions carefully before booking onto the Historical Association’s Annual Conference. You should understand that by booking a place at this Conference, you agree to adhere to these terms and conditions.
Please note that these terms and conditions are only applicable to the HA’s Conference and...
Historical Association Annual Conference - Terms & Conditions
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Key Stage 2-3 History Transition Project
Guide to KS2-KS3 Transition
Please note: these resources pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum. For more recent resources on Transition KS2-KS3 please see:
Transition KS2–KS3 (Primary History article, 2021)
Smooth Transitions: Key Stage 2 to 3 (Primary History article, 2020)
Transition Key Stage 2 and 3 (Primary History article, 2016)
Before 1066 & All That: Transition between...
Key Stage 2-3 History Transition Project
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HA Conference Round-up 2018
25th May 2018
Alas it is gone (possibly pursued by a bear or two). If you weren’t in Stratford-upon-Avon on the weekend of 18-19 May then you missed a corker.
If you were there, please let us know what you thought by filling out our short HA conference evaluation form.
Day 1: Civil liberties, Cymbeline... and a lot...
HA Conference Round-up 2018
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GCSEs are changing
8th August 2018
The government has reformed GCSE qualifications in England to make them more demanding. You can find out more about the new GCSEs here or by watching this short video.
By 2020, all GCSEs in England will be graded using numbers instead of letters. The new grading scale runs from 9 to...
GCSEs are changing
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Historical Association Privacy Notice
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The Historical Association is committed to the protection of your privacy. We take your rights seriously and treat all the information you give us with care.
This privacy notice explains how and why we collect, store and use the personal data you give us, to ensure you stay informed and...
Historical Association Privacy Notice
