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08:50 – 09:30 | Registration and refreshments | ||||||
09:30 – 09:40 | Chair’s Welcome & Introduction Dr Peter Kent, Headteacher, Lawrence Sheriff School | ||||||
09:40 – 10:10 Keynote 1 | The English Baccalaureate: Current rationale and background - What doors will the English Baccalaureate open for your students? - What are the implications of the White Paper on new performance tables Crichton Casbon, Director, Crichton Casbon Consulting Ltd and Director and Owner of Ignite Education Ltd | ||||||
10:10 – 10:50 Keynote 2 Curriculum Focus | Raising the bar at Key Stage 4: Designing a curriculum to ensure pupils’ progress is accelerated and new floor standards met Chris Keen, Headteacher, Firth Park Community School | ||||||
Panel Discussion 10:50 – 11:00 | The English Baccalaureate: A backwards step or necessary change? This lively session featuring speakers from the event will be a chance for attendees to debate current thinking behind the EBacc and understand how this new attainment measure will impact secondary education. Submit your questions to panelists pre-event at rachel.jones@optimus-education.com | ||||||
11:00 – 11:30 | Morning refreshments | ||||||
Stream A is designed for school leaders and curriculum experts Stream B will focus on practical classroom delivery Streamed sessions 1 11:30 – 12:30 | |||||||
1A | 1B | ||||||
Strategic use of performance data and assessment information to accurately evaluate performance and assist in target setting Dr Peter Kent, Headteacher, Lawrence Sheriff School | Improving student attainment through the development of Higher-Order Thinking and Talking Skills Stacey Burman, Senior Consultant, The Learning Trust | ||||||
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | ||||||
13:30 – 14:00 Keynote 3 Teaching & Learning Case Study | Strengthening Teaching & Learning at KS4 to raise attainment and maximise success in performance tables Dr Annabel Kay, Headteacher, The Warriner School | ||||||
14:00 – 15:00 | Streamed Sessions 2 | ||||||
2A | 2B | ||||||
The English Baccalaureate: Explore the financial and staffing implications on your school budget John Cox, Head of School, Arnold Hill School | Creative approaches to delivering core subjects to widen participation and raise achievement Jackie Beere OBE, AST, SIP and former Headteacher | ||||||
15:00 – 15:20 | Afternoon refreshments | ||||||
15:20 – 16:20 | Streamed sessions 3 | ||||||
3A | 3B | ||||||
Managing staff performance at a time of curriculum change and increased accountability Simon London, Headteacher, Hall Mead School | Underachievers: planning for progression and intervention at KS4 to boost A* - C pass rates Ian Crews, Assistant Headteacher, Bodmin College | ||||||
16:20 | Conference close | ||||||