Summer Conference Agenda (30th June) | Join the Summer Conference Today — Whole Education

Summer Conference 2025: Better for Everyone
30th June Agenda

9.00am — Registration

10.00am — Welcome, introduction and tribute to David Price

10.25am — Keynote Session

30th June 2025

Transforming Lives Through Education — Ron Berger

Transforming Lives Through Education — Ron Berger

11.20am

30th June 2025

Before the Headlines: How to think deeply about violence prevention — Dennis Simms

Before the Headlines: How to think deeply about violence prevention — Dennis Simms

Connecting systems within school, across schools and cross-sectors: developing systems to create a culture of belonging — Tom Shaw

Connecting systems within school, across schools and cross-sectors: developing systems to create a culture of belonging — Tom Shaw

Early Years: Where Life Long Learning is Born — Rachel Higginson

Early Years: Where Life Long Learning is Born — Rachel Higginson

Effective Trust Leadership of SEND — David Bartram

How can we make school leadership more sustainable? — Professor Toby Greany

How can we make school leadership more sustainable? — Professor Toby Greany

Smart Learning School: A Hive-Mind Approach to Metacognition — Dan Conley

Smart Learning School: A Hive-Mind Approach to Metacognition — Dan Conley

Towards becoming ‘whole educators’ — Valerie Hannon

Towards becoming ‘whole educators’ — Valerie Hannon

Transitions That Build Trust: Rethinking Year 6–7 Through Neuroscience, Relationships and Readiness – Melissa Farnham

Transitions That Build Trust: Rethinking Year 6–7 Through Neuroscience, Relationships and Readiness – Melissa Farnham

What kind of society does the school need? — Gert Biesta

What kind of society does the school need? — Gert Biesta

Writing Lessons: findings from a writing professional learning programme — Professor Philippa Cordingley and Bart Crisp

Writing Lessons: findings from a writing professional learning programme — Professor Philippa Cordingley and Bart Crisp

12.15pm

30th June 2025

Lunch available

Lunch available

Appropriate Provision Showcase — Neeki Armani and Julie Chong

Appropriate Provision Showcase — Neeki Armani and Julie Chong

Before the Headlines: How to think deeply about violence prevention — Dennis Simms

Before the Headlines: How to think deeply about violence prevention — Dennis Simms

Cross-Phase School Showcase: Building a curriculum from early years to post 16 that transforms learning — Shireland Collegiate Academies Trust

Cross-Phase School Showcase: Building a curriculum from early years to post 16 that transforms learning — Shireland Collegiate Academies Trust

Futures School Showcase: Technology as a transformative force for good — Shireland Collegiate Academies Trust

Futures School Showcase: Technology as a transformative force for good — Shireland Collegiate Academies Trust

Leadership and Workforce: Creating Conditions; Progressive Clarity — Antonia Spinks and Gwyn Ap Hari

Leadership and Workforce: Creating Conditions; Progressive Clarity — Antonia Spinks and Gwyn Ap Hari

Organisation Efficacy — Culture, Culture, Culture: Thriving and achieving — Glyn Hambling

Organisation Efficacy — Culture, Culture, Culture: Thriving and achieving — Glyn Hambling

Secondary Panel Discussion: Addressing our Attendance Crisis — why are people checking out of our schools and what can we do about it?

Secondary Panel Discussion: Addressing our Attendance Crisis — why are people checking out of our schools and what can we do about it?

Secondary Panel Discussion: Leading a Secondary School in Times of Changing Demographic and Limited Resource

Secondary Panel Discussion: Leading a Secondary School in Times of Changing Demographic and Limited Resource

Secondary School Showcase: Doing the right thing when everyone is looking — Improving schools from the inside out — Richard Uffendell and Mark Moorhouse

Secondary School Showcase: Doing the right thing when everyone is looking — Improving schools from the inside out — Richard Uffendell and Mark Moorhouse

Secondary School Showcace: Watergrove Trust and Meridian Trust

Secondary School Showcace: Watergrove Trust and Meridian Trust

Trust Network with Expert Speakers: An Education that is Better for Everyone (12.15-2.30pm)

Trust Network with Expert Speakers: An Education that is Better for Everyone (12.15-2.30pm)

1.00pm

30th June 2025

Lunch available

Lunch available

Beliefs, Interactions and Organisational Culture — Mark Moorhouse

Beliefs, Interactions and Organisational Culture — Mark Moorhouse

Futures Showcase: Climate Emergency! What can we do about it? Jenn Plews, Anna Mackenzie, Laura Rostron and Alex Bell

Futures Showcase: Climate Emergency! What can we do about it? Jenn Plews, Anna Mackenzie, Laura Rostron and Alex Bell

Investing in People — Johnny Uttley, The Education Alliance

Investing in People — Johnny Uttley, The Education Alliance

Our Bodies Matter: understanding the why of anxiety, readiness and dysregulation — Caroline Essame

Our Bodies Matter: understanding the why of anxiety, readiness and dysregulation — Caroline Essame

Play is the Way: Play as a foundation for Learning and Life readiness Ben Kingston Hughes

Play is the Way: Play as a foundation for Learning and Life readiness Ben Kingston Hughes

Primary Panel Discussion: Continuing to Meet Need as Demographics Change

Primary Panel Discussion: Continuing to Meet Need as Demographics Change

Primary Panel Discussion: Leading a Primary School in Times of Scarcity

Primary Panel Discussion: Leading a Primary School in Times of Scarcity

Primary School Showcase: Curriculum Design for human thriving — ACE Schools Multi Academy Trust, Cheshire Academies Trust and Woodchurch Road Academy

Primary School Showcase: Curriculum Design for human thriving — ACE Schools Multi Academy Trust, Cheshire Academies Trust and Woodchurch Road Academy

Primary School Showcase: The foundational importance of language at primary — Philippa Cordingley, Bart Crisp and Susie Weaver

Primary School Showcase: The foundational importance of language at primary — Philippa Cordingley, Bart Crisp and Susie Weaver

Primary School Showcase: The Power of Us — What becomes possible when a community unites — Alison Weir and Priscilla Crane

Primary School Showcase: The Power of Us — What becomes possible when a community unites — Alison Weir and Priscilla Crane

Trust Network with Expert Speakers: An Education that is Better for Everyone (12.15-2.30pm)

Trust Network with Expert Speakers: An Education that is Better for Everyone (12.15-2.30pm)

1.45pm

30th June 2025

Lunch available

Lunch available

Cross-Phase School Showcase: Holistic and collaborative approaches to peer review — Julian Grant, Ben White and Lara Hall

Cross-Phase School Showcase: Holistic and collaborative approaches to peer review — Julian Grant, Ben White and Lara Hall

Leading an early years curriculum and classroom for children — Clio Brown

Leading an early years curriculum and classroom for children — Clio Brown

Practical strategies for executive functioning and reducing dysregulation — Sarah Quinn

Practical strategies for executive functioning and reducing dysregulation — Sarah Quinn

Primary Panel Discussion: Helping Staff to fall back in love with their work

Primary Panel Discussion: Helping Staff to fall back in love with their work

Primary Panel Discussion: What it means to be a Whole Educator at Primary

Primary Panel Discussion: What it means to be a Whole Educator at Primary

Primary School Showcase: Seizing the opportunities for flexibility in our national curriculum — Braunstone Frith Primary School and Blackrod Primary School

Primary School Showcase: Seizing the opportunities for flexibility in our national curriculum — Braunstone Frith Primary School and Blackrod Primary School

Primary School Showcase: The (hidden) secret of improving schools — Mark Moorhouse and Simon Cowley

Primary School Showcase: The (hidden) secret of improving schools — Mark Moorhouse and Simon Cowley

Secondary Panel Discussion: Making the Accountability System Work for You — Finding the gaps in the hedges and the opportunities in challenge

Secondary Panel Discussion: Making the Accountability System Work for You — Finding the gaps in the hedges and the opportunities in challenge

Secondary Panel Discussion: What it means to be a Whole Educator at Secondary

Secondary Panel Discussion: What it means to be a Whole Educator at Secondary

Secondary School Showcase: Extending the boundaries of Learning — Martin Said and Martin Campbell

Secondary School Showcase: Extending the boundaries of Learning — Martin Said and Martin Campbell

Trust Network with Expert Speakers: An Education that is Better for Everyone (12.15-2.30pm)

Trust Network with Expert Speakers: An Education that is Better for Everyone (12.15-2.30pm)

2.30pm — Break

2.45pm

30th June 2025

Are you ready for change? Preparing for the DfE Curriculum & Assessment Review recommendations — Vicky Merrick

Are you ready for change? Preparing for the DfE Curriculum & Assessment Review recommendations — Vicky Merrick

Are your Systems working for you or against you? — Angela O'Brien

Are your Systems working for you or against you? — Angela O'Brien

Inclusive strategies across mainstream schools and Trusts — Frances Akinde

Inclusive strategies across mainstream schools and Trusts — Frances Akinde

In-School Alternative Provision: Stable Core, Disruptive Edge — Dan Conley

In-School Alternative Provision: Stable Core, Disruptive Edge — Dan Conley

Practical activities, checklists and resources for successful EY development — Caroline Essame

Practical activities, checklists and resources for successful EY development — Caroline Essame

Practical and strategic approaches to developing vocabulary in the Early Years — Beth Devereux

Practical and strategic approaches to developing vocabulary in the Early Years — Beth Devereux

Reclaiming and Reframing Rigour — Mary Myatt

Reclaiming and Reframing Rigour — Mary Myatt

Schools are the solution — not the problem — Dr Kate Duffy and Dr Liz Hidson (University of Sunderland) and John Baumber

Schools are the solution — not the problem — Dr Kate Duffy and Dr Liz Hidson (University of Sunderland) and John Baumber

Seeing the whole picture: The power of a neuroscience specialist approach to transforming lives — Rachel Quick

Seeing the whole picture: The power of a neuroscience specialist approach to transforming lives — Rachel Quick

Trauma Informed PE: Creating Safety, Trust and Belonging Through Movement — Neil Moggan

What kind of society does the school need? — Gert Biesta

What kind of society does the school need? — Gert Biesta

3.40pm

30th June 2025

Belonging Trusts and schools: lessons for leaders in developing Trusts and schools everyone wants to be in — Professor Toby Greany & Eleanor Bernades

Belonging Trusts and schools: lessons for leaders in developing Trusts and schools everyone wants to be in — Professor Toby Greany & Eleanor Bernades

From big picture to detail: Leading, teaching, learning...what matters? — Mick Waters

From big picture to detail: Leading, teaching, learning...what matters? — Mick Waters

Getting It Right from the Start: A Panel Discussion with Early Years Leaders

Getting It Right from the Start: A Panel Discussion with Early Years Leaders

Giving Learners the Language of Skills: Building metacognitive awareness through codified, contextualised learning opportunities — Dr. Zoe Elder

Giving Learners the Language of Skills: Building metacognitive awareness through codified, contextualised learning opportunities — Dr. Zoe Elder

Intent-Based Leadership: Climbing the Ladder of Leadership in Education — Ally McDonald

Intent-Based Leadership: Climbing the Ladder of Leadership in Education — Ally McDonald

Positively Impacting Young People's Psychology — Steve Eastaugh and Gavin Drake

Positively Impacting Young People's Psychology — Steve Eastaugh and Gavin Drake

RISING Up: Helping Young People Develop Self-Care Toolkits for Emotional Intelligence — Neil Moggan

Taking strategic leadership decisions that increase the impact of the TA workforce — Sally Franklin

Taking strategic leadership decisions that increase the impact of the TA workforce — Sally Franklin

The Class of 2030: Why AI Literacy Starts with Us — Jeremy Samways

The Class of 2030: Why AI Literacy Starts with Us — Jeremy Samways

What we now know about setting up successful resource provisions — Natalie Packer

What we now know about setting up successful resource provisions — Natalie Packer

4.30pm — Conference close

4.40pm — Optional sessions (ends at 5.30pm)

30th June 2025

MAT System Leadership and Influencing: exploring key areas in which our ‘better for everyone’ practice can influence the system

MAT System Leadership and Influencing: exploring key areas in which our ‘better for everyone’ practice can influence the system

Why Learning Fails (and what to do about it) — Alex Quigley

Why Learning Fails (and what to do about it) — Alex Quigley

Your school or Trust's own networking time

Your school or Trust's own networking time