Subject Leader Development Programme

What is the Subject Leader Development Programme?

The Subject Leader Development Programme is an online course for developing subject leadership in secondary history teaching. Led by a team of 6 experienced subject leaders, including Hugh Richards, Sharon Aninakwa, Ruth Lingard, David Hibbert, Elizabeth Carr and Catherine Priggs, this course will equip history leaders fully for the demands of the role and middle leadership.

The course is divided into ‘themes,’ ‘units’ and ‘segments’ to ensure some cohesion whilst still enabling it to be accessed in smaller or larger chunks to suit different delegates.

  • Introduction to the role
  • Curriculum Leadership
  • Improving teaching across your team
  • Working with SLT and Ofsted
  • Fireside chats and Soapboxes
The programme is partially self-directed consisting of 13 modules averaging at 2 modules a week over the course of 7-8 weeks. During the programme you will be part of a cohort and required to attend 3 Zoom meetings, including an assessment meeting. You’ll need to complete the assessment in order to be certificated.


Experienced teacher programme