Lead sponsor
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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Leadership mindsets
We live in turbulent times. Education leaders face intense pressure—from policy shifts and budget cuts to growing pupil needs and accountability. Traditional leadership models rooted in control and certainty are no longer fit for purpose. How can you best lead your organisation and people through ambiguity and pressure?
Using examples from his own leadership experiences, Steve explores how leaders can choose to 'show up' through three mindsets: victim, hero and imperfect. These are not fixed identities, but states we all move through, often unconsciously. With honesty and practical insights, Steve will show how you can adopt an imperfect mindset to foster resilience, trust and hope — essential qualities for leading through complexity and change.
Using examples from his own leadership experiences, Steve explores how leaders can choose to 'show up' through three mindsets: victim, hero and imperfect. These are not fixed identities, but states we all move through, often unconsciously. With honesty and practical insights, Steve will show how you can adopt an imperfect mindset to foster resilience, trust and hope — essential qualities for leading through complexity and change.
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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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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 your 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 Smarter strategy, stronger outcomes: harness analytics for inclusion and attainment
Hear from a panel of MAT leaders as they share how data-driven strategies are building inclusive classrooms, boosting attainment, and guiding decision-making at scale. Gain actionable insights to align strategy with student progress, improve results, and reduce teacher workload.
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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 four 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' 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 four 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' 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: lessons from collaboration with inclusive trusts
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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 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.
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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Closing keynote
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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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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 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.
3D Flexible working in practice
Support your people strategy through flexible working and benefit retention, wellbeing and workload.
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Closing keynote
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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!
Networking lunch and close of MATs Summit