Secondary CPD: Developing literacy in history

This course

This online training involves two 90-minute sessions

Part 1: Tuesday 24 February 2026 15:30-17:00

Part 2: Tuesday 3 March 2026 15:30-17:00

Course content

• Uses evidence from research to investigate effective literacy strategies for teaching and learning in history
• Explores active reading strategies to engage with a variety of texts
• Develops strategies to support vocabulary acquisition
• Explores how to move students informal talk into formal, academic written language
• Reflects on the importance of modelling the reading to writing sequence to improve writing

Audience

• Secondary subject leaders and practitioners
• Literacy leaders, who may be supporting a subject area
• Line Managers of subject areas