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National Governance Conference for schools and trusts

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12/07/2024
10:00 - 16:00
Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, B5 4EW
Event
Event date
12/07/2024
Time
10:00 - 16:00
Location
Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, B5 4EW

Join º£½ÇÉçÇø for the highlight of our annual events calendar. This is your opportunity to join us in-person, as this event brings together trustees, governors and governance professionals from across England for a jam-packed day of sharing the latest governance ideas and best practice.Ìý

Delegates will choose a bespoke trust or school governance programme, spending the day with colleagues governing or working in similar circumstances to their own. Attendees will hear from keynote speakers who are setting the education policy agenda, and take part in a series of interactive workshops, focusing on specific governance hot topics.

Each delegate will have an opportunity to hear from 3 keynote speakers, join 2 workshops bespoke to your school or trust setting, and to learn the insights from º£½ÇÉçÇø's leadership.Ìý

We are delighted to share the below programme with you (please note that timings of keynotes, workshops, and refreshments breaks are subject to change at this stage, and the final programme will be confirmed approximately 1 week before the event):Ìý

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09.15Ìý

Registration, refreshments & exhibitionÌý

(local associations network is taking place during the registration slot)

10.00Ìý

Conference opens with welcome from Alastair Cowen, º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Co-chairÌý

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We are proud to be working in association with the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

The BHF will share the lifesaving difference your school could make by registering your defibrillator(s) on The Circuit.Ìý

10.10Ìý

Keynote speaker– Sinead Mc Brearty from Education Support (CONFIRMED)

Incl 10-15 mins questionsÌý

10.55

5 mins break to allow for movement between rooms

11.00Ìý

Workshops x 4 (single schools audience)

  • Safeguarding
  • Governing Effectively (inc. board reporting)
  • Parental Engagement

MATs strand:

Introductions from Mark Blois, Browne Jacobson, sponsor of the MAT strand of the conference

followed by a joint keynote session to address the MAT audience - Matt Crawford, CEO of Embark Federation and Sarah Armitage, a chair of trustees, Embark FederationÌý

11.50

Refreshments

12.10

Emma Balchin, º£½ÇÉçÇø's Co-chief executive will address the audience on nurturing good governanceÌý

Workshops x 4 (MAT audience)

  • Safeguarding
  • Governing Effectively (inc. board reporting)
  • Parental Engagement

  • The governors’ role in curriculum development, Paul Hammond, Chair of Governors, Chiltern Academy

    Paul Hammond is the founding Chair of Governors of Chiltern Academy in Luton, a high-performing free secondary school which opened in 2018 as part of the Chiltern Learning Trust. In his presentation Paul will describe how governors contributed to the development of the school’s curriculum prior to opening and in the years leading up to its first exams. Paul will also draw upon his experience of opening Oasis Academy Enfield in 2007 as deputy - a school he went onto lead from 2010 to 2014.Ìý

13.00

Lunch

14.00

Workshops x5

  • Local governance within a MAT
  • People Strategy for trust
  • AI/EdTech
  • Developing Leaders
  • Handling complaintsÌý

14.50

 Refreshment breakÌý

15.05

 LG clerks, chairs and trustees certificate presentation

15.15

Emma Knights: Power of Governance (incl 10 mins Q&A)Ìý

15.55

Closing speech by Lawayne Jefferson, º£½ÇÉçÇø’s Co-chair Ìý

16.00Ìý

Conference closesÌý

This is bound to be a fantastic day, but do not take only our word for it – see for yourself what your colleagues have said about our previous in-person conferences:

  • My first time at º£½ÇÉçÇø Conference and wow! What a day, so much useful information, set out clearly with inspiration speakers. I went away with 3 things I want to focus on. Thank you :-) roll on next year!

  • I went home buzzing with knowledge that I wanted to share with our other governors and school leaders. I also felt more empowered within my own role.

  • I thoroughly enjoyed being part of a well organised and conscientiously put together event with º£½ÇÉçÇø; we have only been involved with º£½ÇÉçÇø for a short while in my own MAT but we have found them to be a community of committed professionals who truly care about their work, and this was an infectious feeling throughout.

    Kindly sponsored by Browne Jacobson