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Programme
Wednesday
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Extended package
Stay Wednesday and Thursday nights at Hinckley Island.
Join the evening drinks reception and networking.
Join the evening drinks reception and networking.
Day one
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Registration
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Coffee and networking in exhibition space
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Chair's introduction and welcome
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A vision for education
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Challenge and change
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Passing the baton
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You’ve been hacked! What should you do?
School data is highly valuable to hackers; mitigate risk and ensure your trust has the correct structures and support in place to prevent leaks and react in an emergency.
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Q&A
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Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices one
1A Closing the gap: improving outcomes
Dig deep into lessons on improving outcomes for the most vulnerable students.
1B Use AI as your leadership coach
Take away tangible lessons to harness AI as a tool for reflection, coaching and development.
1C Creative budgeting: resource allocation for impact
Harness creativity when budgeting, ensuring value and impact with your spending.
1D Change management
Lead through transitions with clarity, cohesion and confidence.
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Lunch, exhibition and networking
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Corporate sector insights: prioritise strategic thinking and lead high performing teams
Senior leaders in education face the “too much work and not enough time” vicious circle that’s hindering 80%+ of leaders from reaching their full potential to achieve real success.
Develop a personal road map to overcome this problem through 4 steps:
- optimise task delivery
- get the best from people
- focus your effort on to strategic objectives
- become an entrepreneurial leader.
On this journey you will discover the untapped power you have hidden in your experience and use that, combined with Chris's insights, to develop actions to achieve more and ensure high performance in yourself and your teams.
Develop a personal road map to overcome this problem through 4 steps:
- optimise task delivery
- get the best from people
- focus your effort on to strategic objectives
- become an entrepreneurial leader.
On this journey you will discover the untapped power you have hidden in your experience and use that, combined with Chris's insights, to develop actions to achieve more and ensure high performance in yourself and your teams.
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Why can't we keep our teachers and what can we do about it?
What must be done to recreate teaching as an attractive and sustainable profession? Hear the recommendations from the Teaching Commission’s review.
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Fireside chat
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Afternoon refreshments, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices two
2A Can you really do more with less?
Gain insight from MAT leaders who created their own solutions to budget, administration and workforce challenges and increased impact in the process.
2B Beyond Boundaries: Leading great SEND provision across a trust
Develop your SEND strategy with learnings from great SEND provision across the country.
2C Equity led leadership
Do your leadership teams mirror the communities they serve? Ensure equity isn't an afterthought and create a culture of belonging. Develop strategies to support global majority staff into leadership
2D Lessons from school improvement
Hear from a trust on a school improvement journey, discuss structures, targeted interventions and how to ensure impact.
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Informal time for networking and relaxation
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Drinks reception
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Gala dinner
Day two
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Registration and networking with coffee
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Chair's welcome and educational trends
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High Quality Education and CPD
Empower educators with personal development and enhance learning outcomes of all pupils.
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Keynote 7
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Q&A
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Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices three
3A Upscaling a trust
Hear the lessons learnt from a trust that has recently been involved in growth and mergers.
3B Income generation
Increase income through efficient cash deposit management strategies utilising cash flow as well as reserves.
Delegates will come away with practical tools to create a compliant Investment policy and an efficient cash management and deposit strategy.
Delegates will come away with practical tools to create a compliant Investment policy and an efficient cash management and deposit strategy.
3C Commercialising MAT to MAT services
Learn how to position your trust’s services as an income revenue stream while sustaining internal school operations across schools and academies.
3D Flexible working in practice
Support your people strategy through flexible working and benefit retention, wellbeing and workload.
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Inclusion
High-quality SEND support is a postcode lottery – discover how you can develop your inclusive practices to support better outcomes for learners.
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Q&A
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Raffle winners announced
Ensure you have handed in your raffle card for a chance to win!
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Networking lunch and close of MATs Summit