Welcome meetings

Primary welcome meeting

Calling all primary delegates! If you are attending the conference and would like to come and meet fellow primary delegates and some of the members of the HA Primary Committee over a hot drink, for networking, history education chat and advice and a chance to get to know other delegates, then come along. We look forward to seeing you there.

Friday: 10:15–10:45
Saturday: 10:15–10:45

Secondary welcome meeting

If you are a secondary teacher who is new to the conference, attending on your own or would like some support, join members of the HA Secondary Committee over a hot drink for an informal welcome. Find others new to the Conference and meet committee members who would be happy to introduce you to the HA and everything on offer over the weekend!

Friday: 10:15–10:45
Saturday: 10:15–10:45

Fringe meetings

Using the History Quality Mark experience to evaluate and improve the standards of history

Katie Power
Vernon Primary School, Poynton

This session will focus on a school’s journey to receiving the Gold Quality Mark award. We will discuss the process as a whole, focusing on the initial audit and findings and relating this to current Ofsted guidance and the context of the school. We will then look at what was implemented as a result of the findings and why. The session will also look at the finished portfolio and how the assessors support with further recommendations. Participants will be offered the opportunity to discuss their own history provision, and seek advice from the session leader and other participants on how their school could achieve the Gold standard for the History Quality Mark.

Learning outcomes

  • Participants will come away from the session feeling knowledgeable about the Quality Mark process after hearing first-hand from a subject leader.
  • Delegates will be able to take away practical ideas to support their own application.

Friday, lunchtime fringe: 13:10–13:50

Suitable for: Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 | history subject leader, trainee teacher, early career teacher, classroom teacher, senior leader

How do we make history meaningful for young people?

Dan Lyndon-Cohen
Schools History Project; Park View School, London

This workshop will explore the pioneering and radical principles that launched the Schools Council History 13–16 Project in 1972, and reflect on their transformative impact in the history classroom. It will also make the case that these principles are not just relevant for today, but also represent a powerful and practical toolkit that can inspire students of history in 2025 and beyond.

Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to discuss and reflect on the impact of core principles of SHP and have a range of practical applications to take away that will help to make history more meaningful for their students.

Saturday, lunchtime fringe: 13:25—14:05

Suitable for: Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, post-16 | classroom teacher, trainee teacher, early career teacher, history subject leader, senior leader, teacher educator/mentor