08:15 – 09:00 Registration, Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
09:00 – 11:00 OPENING PLENARY: POLICY AND BEST PRACTICE
09:00 Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
John ‘O’ Leary, Veteran Education Correspondent/Editor, The Times
09:10 Translating Vision into Practice:
Freedom to Innovate, Independence to Change
Sir Bruce Liddington, Schools Commissioner, Department for Children, Schools and Families
09:30 Question and Answer Session
09:40 14-19 Qualifications and the Future of the Curriculum
Paul Steer – Stakeholder Director, OCR
10:00 Breadth in the Curriculum – Just whose version of breadth should we use?
Tim Oates – Director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge Assessment
10:20 Driving Towards a Universal Entitlement
Rob Wye – Director, Strategy, Communications and Learning, Learning and Skills Council
10:40 Question & Answer Session
11:00 – 11:30 Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
11:30 – 12.30 SEMINAR SESSIONS
A selection of interactive seminar sessions, providing an opportunity for delegates to explore distinct aspects of key importance to the Education agenda.
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch, Networking and Exhibition
13:45 – 15:00 AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION: PARTNERSHIP DELIVERY – A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
13:45 Putting the Jigsaw Together: Effective Partnerships
Steve Warburton – Education Director, Thomas Deacon Academy
14:05 Achieving Quality Outcomes for the Learner
Gus John – Gus John Partnership
14:25 Partnership Working for School Improvement
Carmel Littleton and Margaret Libreri – IDeA Beacon Council Programme: School Improvement – Tower Hamlets
14:45 Question and Answer Session
15:00 – 15:30 Tea/Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
15:30 – 17:30 FINAL SESSION:
TRANSLATING VISION INTO PRACTICE
15:30 Identifying Effective Procurement Strategies
Ian Taylor – Commercial Director DCSF, Director for the Centre for Procurement Performance
15:50 Collaborative Procurement
Dave Smith – Head of IT Frameworks, OGC Buying Solutions
16:10 ICT in Education –an enabler of innovation, rising to the challenge of a 21
st Century Society
Andrew Pinder – Chairman of Becta
16:30 The Challenge of School Leadership
John Dunford – General Secretary of the ASCL
16:50 Questions & Answer Session
17:00 Conference Close